{"id":756,"date":"2022-06-14T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadstuffsite.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2023-09-15T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T11:07:06","slug":"how-big-and-small-can-you-make-a-model-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadstuffsite.com\/how-big-and-small-can-you-make-a-model-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"How Big (and Small) Can You Make A Model Rocket?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The other week I was building a rocket with my kids and my boys started talking about how they wanted to make a BIG rocket (you know the way kids dream out loud). And it got me thinking, what\u2019s the biggest model rocket I can fly? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, you can get pretty big when it comes to rocketry (NASA\u2019s Saturn V rocket was the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket standing at 363 feet), and since I\u2019m not certified to do anything with a high-power rocket engine (pretty much anything over a G engine), I decided to limit myself to what I can buy today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while I\u2019m at it, what\u2019s the smallest rocket I can fly? I mean, if I\u2019m going on a deep dive, I might as well explore both extremes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tallest commercial low-powered rocket available today (one that would not require a high-power certification or FAA clearance), is the Estes Mean Machine<\/a> standing at 80 inches (that\u2019s 6 feet, 8 inches) tall. The smallest commercial rocket available is the Estes Mini Mosquito<\/a> standing at 3.8 inches tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Model Rockets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you start dreaming about launching bigger rockets, there is a much higher ceiling of what you can build and launch. If you\u2019re a Dude Perfect guy and watched their Rocket Battles, you\u2019ll see there is a big difference in rocket sizes between the first and second rocket battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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