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Originally Posted by JamesBrown
...Something I have found the kids like and is more fun is remote controlled air craft we built a couple of these one summer with the intent to race after a dissappointing finish in the first race a friend and I put rocket engines with a modified ignition system on ours and won (although we overshot the target by 500ft) If you try this make sure the nose is pointing up at ignition. My advice is find a long stech of private land to use any thing used on public land must be approved usually by a fire marshall. Good luck.
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Thanks everyone for all the ideas and feedback.
JamesBrown, I just had that thought the other day, to start with electronics and guidance from an RC airplane perspective first, then attach a few rocket motors on if we feel lucky. This is a long way off, not a project that is starting soon at all. I'll be doing my Cert for HPR Level 2 next summer and begin to experiment with Hybrid engines. Unfortunately, like in robotics, it's an hobby that can get expensive quickly.