Rockets, and boats, and cars.
Oh, my!
Model rocketry has been part
of my life for as long as RC
airplanes, cars, and boats.
When I build a model rocket—
especially one I designed myself—I get
that same level of satisfaction as when
I complete a model aircraft.
I experience the
same excitement
waiting to take it
out to the eld
and see how
well it performs.
No matter what
type of model
you build, there’s
a certain level
of ful llment
knowing that you
constructed it.
Seeing it perform
as intended is icing
on the cake!
As a kid, I would
ride my bike to the
middle school—
which actually
was a ying eld
until they built the
high school and
middle school—to
y my CL Cox
PT-19 and launch
rockets with my
friends. I spent
my allowance
buying fuel for
my airplanes and
rocket engines.
I also raced RC
cars and boats
across the state of Florida and have a
couple of boxes of plaques and trophies
I just can’t seem to part with.
To this day I still dabble in all of
these hobbies, but of course my true
love is model aircraft! So why am I
discussing rockets, RC cars, and boats
in an airplane magazine? Well, they are
all being enjoyed at the International
Aeromodeling Center here in Muncie,
Indiana.
Our site hosts a few model rocketry
events each year and we have an offroad
RC car track on-site that gets a
decent amount of use in the summer.
Even the pond
in front of the
administration
building has gotten
a fair share of
small, electricpowered
boats wet.
Something you
may not be aware
of is that all of
these modeling
endeavors are
also covered
under AMA’s
insurance. The
2012 insurance
summary can be
found on the AMA
website at www.
modelaircraft.
org/ les/500-a.
pdf. According to
the summary, our
insurance “Applies
to accidents arising
from the modeling
activities of model
aircraft, rockets,
cars, and boats, in
accordance with
the AMA National
Safety Code(s).”
In this month’s
issue, as part of our “State of the Sport”
series of articles, we feature model
rocketry. Whether you have been
involved in rocketry in the past or have
thought about giving it a try for the rst
time, John Boren’s article will get you up
to speed on another exciting way to get
your models airborne!
Edition: Model Aviation - 2012/06
Page Numbers: 8
