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Built a tripod launcher out of piano wire (Music wire at Hobby Lobby). Glued short lengths of heat shrink tubing to the rocket so it would slide on the launcher.   Telephone wire to the launch controller.  Rocket fan made from jack hammer guy with the jack hammer removed.  Keep what is in his hands as the launch controller.   "Syndrome" added for the Kids.

( i'm not telling where the rocket came from...)

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TM Terry posted:

I was once greatly involved in high power rocketry. Considering scale, what are the dimensions of the rocket (diameter and height).

Probably gonna need a 'K' motor on this one.  Level II certification??

The rocket would be 10' high and 1' diameter.

(Former, certified, level one, rocket scientist!)

I laid about 30 feet of lionel track along our front porch to use as a launch rail for some stupidity that I was working on. However, it was a covered front porch, and the rocket did not need, nor did it have the desire to go 30 feet before gently soaring aloft. I was not permitted to readjust my wings either... 

However,

It. Was. Fantastic.

I may attempt to recreate the event when she isn't home. Use an old flat car as a holder...put your "rocket plane" onto said flat car...use the biggest engine you can find...pack black powder into the nose cone. Make sure it isn't smokeless powder, you'll want the entire effect.

I'm sure I should put some kind of disclaimer on here...

rogerpete posted:

I laid about 30 feet of lionel track along our front porch to use as a launch rail for some stupidity that I was working on. However, it was a covered front porch, and the rocket did not need, nor did it have the desire to go 30 feet before gently soaring aloft. I was not permitted to readjust my wings either... 

However,

It. Was. Fantastic.

I may attempt to recreate the event when she isn't home. Use an old flat car as a holder...put your "rocket plane" onto said flat car...use the biggest engine you can find...pack black powder into the nose cone. Make sure it isn't smokeless powder, you'll want the entire effect.

I'm sure I should put some kind of disclaimer on here...

Well... there is a history of using three rail track to leave the planet.  Could have been Lionel.whenworldscollidejpg-653085

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rogerpete posted:

I laid about 30 feet of lionel track along our front porch to use as a launch rail for some stupidity that I was working on.

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It. Was. Fantastic.

I may attempt to recreate the event when she isn't home. Use an old flat car as a holder...put your "rocket plane" onto said flat car...use the biggest engine you can find...pack black powder into the nose cone. Make sure it isn't smokeless powder, you'll want the entire effect.

OMG! This opens up a whole world of possibilities...

Lionel 3665 Minuteman Missile Launching Boxcar for real, anyone?  

You could always model one of these, a SS-24 ICBM.

The USAF experimented with Peacekeeper ICBM (ten very high-yield re-entry vehicles each, something that truly struck fear into the hearts of those in the Kremlin) on a similar platform and although a couple of test cars were built, that's as far as they ever got. Would have used a giant hardened alert facility at FE Warren AFB in Cheyenne if they'd gone through with it.

this is why I go under the layout on a creeper and hook everything up - Rich is always topside building something like this. he has more ready to go...

This was a child's layout. It's fun because we decided that we can think like a 6 or 7 year old child when deciding how to scenic it. Now, that's realistic model railroad scenery.

What he doesn't know is that I have a bit of Gomez Addams in me - he doesn't really check to see what's getting wired under the layout.

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