Weird hobbies

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

caiman. i win?

 

[Gearhead]

Haha, I use to build spudguns all the time. I had one that shot clementine oranges well over a 1/4 mile.

You should take a vid.

 

[Tramonte172]

Powerlifting.

 

[MHcblues119]

paintball? quading? motocross...uhhh and my fish haha

 

[Dan F]

I build and fly rockets. They are constructed out of fiberglass, plastic, aluminum, and in some cases carbon fiber and kevlar composites. Mine are mostly for fun and stay under 5000' in altitude, but some go over 20,000'.

The first photos are of an all-fiberglass rocket, my most performance oriented rocket. It is capable of breaking mach and reaching over 12,000' with the right motor (a "K" impulse motor), but I have only flown it on smaller "I" motors.

The second photo is of "Chester's Cheeto Chaser III". I like building oddball rockets so I came up with this. Subway gave away space-suit clad Chester Cheeto bendies several years ago and I had a few lying around. One thing led to another and he ended up in a rocket. This is the third rocket piloted by Chester and he is still in good shape.

Most people think it is weird, but then again, so is having fish tanks all over your house.

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

I collect silences, from your awkward silence to your uncomfortable silence.
And on the rare occasion, I collect silences with a hint of crying. Preferably from small children.

 

[MadRussian79]

Dan: Damn nice. Is that an electric parachute control or a camera?

 

[LBathory]

i collect musical cast album and opera cd's. im up to over 600.

 

[snakebite22]

World of Warcraft and probably my craziest hobby is my giant collection of venomous reptiles

 

[Mokujin22]

I build and fly rockets. They are constructed out of fiberglass, plastic, aluminum, and in some cases carbon fiber and kevlar composites. Mine are mostly for fun and stay under 5000' in altitude, but some go over 20,000'.

The first photos are of an all-fiberglass rocket, my most performance oriented rocket. It is capable of breaking mach and reaching over 12,000' with the right motor (a "K" impulse motor), but I have only flown it on smaller "I" motors.

That's awesome. I remember building some of these as a kid, but nothing on that scale.

With that kind of altitude, how often are you able to recover them? Do you GPS track them?