02-02-2021, 12:54 AM
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Retired with Way Too Many Kits
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,222
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Originally Posted by olDave
Not everyone wants to mess with adding electronics, electronic bays, batteries, external controls and switches, testing and arming modes, and all the rest. Many of us enjoy the simplicity of old-fashioned pyrotechnic staging.
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I’m in that boat. The last time I went out to fly high power, back around 2000, I had a whopping two flights. Both were dual deploy. Granted, things are a little easier now, but I drove home questioing what in the world was I doing — driving that distance and getting two flights.
I fly F and G reloads occasionally, but I am in full “nostalgic model rocket building and flying” mode. I missed out on some great kits in the 70s and early 80s when I was in college, and then getting married and starting a family. I’m still on the lookout for some of the great kits from that time period.
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Lee Reep
NAR 55948
Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, Ken Foss Designs Mini Satellite Interceptor
In the Paint Shop: Nothing! Too cold!
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Maxi Honest John, Super Scamp
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