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2006-08-17 Home Front: WoT
Hawaii UFO looked like a wayward missile
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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-08-17 16:35|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "Tonight on Hawaii Five-O, McGarrett goes for his L3 certification in high-power model rocketry and hilarity ensues."
Posted by Mike 2006-08-17 16:42||   2006-08-17 16:42|| Front Page Top

#2 WO FAT Rules!
Posted by borgboy 2006-08-17 16:57||   2006-08-17 16:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Gilligan! The Professor said to wait till we were all in the rocket ship before lighting the fuse!

We'll never get off this island.
Posted by Skipper 2006-08-17 17:03||   2006-08-17 17:03|| Front Page Top

#4 By gum, Borgboy, you're right! It was one of Wo Fat's Chinese missiles!

Book 'em, Danno.
Posted by Mike 2006-08-17 17:07||   2006-08-17 17:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Check with Estes

http://www.estesrockets.com/
Posted by buwaya 2006-08-17 17:11||   2006-08-17 17:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Tripoli Mike?
Posted by 6 2006-08-17 17:25||   2006-08-17 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Nope--well, not yet, anyway. I built and flew Estes stuff back in the day, and I've recently taken up the hobby again because my oldest joined the school rocket club.
Posted by Mike 2006-08-17 17:41||   2006-08-17 17:41|| Front Page Top

#8 OK, how do we know this _wasn't_ someone's UAV, launched from a container ship offshore just to see if anyone was paying attention?
Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2006-08-17 18:05||   2006-08-17 18:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Loud, Vapor trail sort of like a Lockwood Valveless Pulsejet that's sort of like a buzz bomb?

or another look here: Jet GoKart
Kits
He used to have a buzz bomb but the NZ gov finally reached a limit and stopped his posting of those plans.


Just another home hobbyist from New Zealand?


btw... all the best home still designs are from New Zealand too
Posted by 3dc 2006-08-17 18:53||   2006-08-17 18:53|| Front Page Top

#10 a source of plans
Posted by 3dc 2006-08-17 18:56||   2006-08-17 18:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Holy Cow Dung ! Kimmie and his minions are at it again. Just missed Hawaiians this time.
Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-17 20:34||   2006-08-17 20:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Had to be a Don Ho missile.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-17 20:37||   2006-08-17 20:37|| Front Page Top

#13 Someone got a picture of this particular tubular flying object:



I really can't tell what it is.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2006-08-17 21:20||   2006-08-17 21:20|| Front Page Top

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