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Model Rocketry is in danger... NOOOO!!!
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Doubtless a lot of you have seen my model rocket threads.
http://www.space-rockets.com/arsanews.html
According to this article at the ARSA UPS (and FedEx is rumored too) is no longer going to ship Class 1 Hazmat items because of the Homeland Security Act. Class 1 includes model rocket engines.
This could mean huge ramifications for the model rocket industry and could quite possibly run it into near extinction.
Assuming model rockets are made as an exception, you can expect the already $7 and $8 3 packs of rocket engines to jump to something like $10 an engine, or $30 a pack if Estes has to do their own shipping.
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I guess the terrorists are getting what they want from these threats.
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I thought this was a thread about super models 
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Originally posted by Cubeoid:
I thought this was a thread about super models
It is... super models with solid-fuel rocket boosters. 
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That's it. I'm fed up. One word. Revolution.
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Originally posted by olePigeon:
It is... super models with solid-fuel rocket boosters.
i gotsa get me a pic of that, damn
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I GOT WASTED WITH PHIL SHERRY!!!
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What about USPS and AirBorne Express??
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Originally posted by finalfantasy:
What about USPS and AirBorne Express??
I'm pretty sure USPS won't ship them; I don't think they have in a long time. Airborne, I don't know about.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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They tend to follow the same rules as the other carriers, especially if this is a mandate handed down from government regulatory agencies.
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We'll end up having to go to native reservations for rocket engines...
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Originally posted by AKcrab:
We'll end up having to go to native reservations for rocket engines...
"Fire crackers AND rocket engines!"
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Hmmm....
I'm trying real hard to care about the "Model Rocket Industry" but it's not working.
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olePigeon,
I feel for ya--I made model rockets when I was 10-14. Tons o' fun.
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Originally posted by scottiB:
olePigeon,
I feel for ya--I made model rockets when I was 10-14. Tons o' fun.
Same here. It's been a long time since I did anything with model rockets, but I always loved it, and I've often wished I had the time to get back into it.
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Hrm, this sucks. I never found my model rocket after it's 3rd flight. I hope it's happy in rocket heaven, blasting about, or whatever rockets enjoy. Perhaps they don't even like being sent into the air. Scared of heights maybe.
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Originally posted by G4ME:
i gotsa get me a pic of that, damn
Dude, that's Aria!
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I tried to sig-spam the forums.
ADVANTAGE Motorsports Marketing, Inc. • speedXdesign, Inc.
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I GOT WASTED WITH PHIL SHERRY!!!
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When I clicked on this post, I said to myself, bet it's because of bush and his terrorism paranoia.
Yep. Knew it.
Next, I won't be able to buy plastic models of planes because they are warplanes and may make me want to steal a real one and do something terroristic. 
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