Real rockets now paper COOL!

[Greenman7]

Just signed up and this looks fun. I am still active in high power rocketry but I think paper builds will be just as complex.
Ready to learn

[Philip]

Welcome to the forum, Greenman. Hope you enjoy it.

[whulsey]

Welcome, look forward to seeing your work.

[mbauer]

Welcome!

Great part about this hobby? you don't just assemble parts, at first you have to make them from a flat piece of paper.

Pre-forming parts is a very good skill to learn fast.

Have you seen Ken West's 1/12 scale Apollo Command Model?

Apollo command module - 1:12

Mike

[asettico]

Hello Greenman,
welcome from Italy!


I know that there are a lot of rocketry associations that build real rockets, using synthetic solid state propellant, that reach altitudes like 12 km!!!

[Greenman7]

I have been involved in rocketry since childhood with Estes models. Now my rockets go to almost thirty thousand meters and break the sound barrier. The only drawback is the $600 roughly for each launch..
Paper modeling is gonna save me a pile of money and I don’t need to get FAA permission.
I use solid fuel mostly but sometimes hybrid motors using fuel grains plus liquid nitrous oxide.
The SpaceX birds run on kerosene and densified liquid oxygen

[asettico]

Originally Posted by Greenman7

I have been involved in rocketry since childhood with Estes models. Now my rockets go to almost thirty thousand meters and break the sound barrier. The only drawback is the $600 roughly for each launch..

Spectacular! My sincere compliments.
But I did not imagine they are so expensive...

[hecfran]

Welcome, enjoy your stay in this forum