Originally Posted by Don Altschwager

There's a sad sort of beeping
From the launch controller at the pad
And the altimeter in the nose too,
And up in the display rack an absurd little rocket
Is popping out to say "launch me too".

Regretfully they tell us,
But firmly they compel us
To say “launch me” to you.

So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, good night,
I hate to go and leave this pretty launch site.
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, adieu,
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.

So long, farewell, Au'voir, auf wiedersehen,
I'd like to stay at my first launch campaign
So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye,
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye,
Good bye

I'm glad to go,
I cannot tell a lie.
I flit, I float,
I fleetly flee, I fly.

The sun has gone high in the sky and so must I
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye,
Goodbye,
Goodbye,
Goodbye!

Originally Posted by LeeR

The simplest way to recover a rocket with multiple Estes F15 motors is to cluster them!

Originally Posted by ghrocketman

WHYYYYY could Coaster/Centuri make reliable core-burning F impulse BP engines back in the 60's/70's but it cannot be done now with modern automated manufacturing ????
C'mon noww.
Sounds like a bunch of Bovine Fecal Matter to me.....

Originally Posted by Initiator001

Do we know this to be true about Coaster/Mini-Max motors?

Lee Piester told me that if a batch of Mini-Max motors failed during testing the whole lot was taken out to a place in the desert and buried.

There is now a housing complex on that 'burial' site.

Originally Posted by Earl

I was never able to fly any Mini-Max motors back in the day (too young) and I have never tried to fly any I have in my collection. But, I have heard even they could be cato prone on occasion. But, I do not know to what degree.

Earl