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Old 09-17-2012, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill
Other than being able to fly them during a burn ban, I would think the complexity, the length of time needed to liftoff once on the pad and that fact that more than 15 or 30 feet separation is required would turn many people off. Just saying...
With a safety valve in the rocket (the Vashon/Estes Cold Propellant rockets also had such valves), the same 15' - 30' separation could be used. Regarding the "water heating wait," small Vashon/Estes-size steam rockets would hold much less water than the 6' 8" long Truax TR-1 educational steam rockets (which were intended to reach the stratosphere), so a propane burner of reasonable size should be able to heat the water fairly quickly.
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