In my pre-adolescent life, ca late 60s

by A K Church, Thursday, February 22, 2024, 18:13 (273 days ago) @ JimT

I longed very much for Estes model rockets. To this day I've never had or even shot one, so I guess it wasn't a real need.

BTW, they're still around, I've discovered.

Point is, Estes ads pushed their product as safer than home rigged rocket motors which apparently blew up and maimed fine American lads.

The most common one I recall being described was an airgun C02 cartridge stuffed full of powdered matchheads. I'd LOVE to blow one up under controlled conditions, but I also read even the process of stuffing the cartridge is dangerous, let alone INTENTIONALLY igniting it.