[FFT] Master Blasters redux

shockwaveriderz · 2005-07-29T11:30:55+00:00

isn't launching HPR at targets against the NFPA regs?from NFPA 1127:4.17 Launch Operations.4.17.1 No person shall ignite and launch a high power rockethorizontally, at a target, or so that the rocket's flight path goesinto clouds or beyond the boundaries of the launch site.Chapter 6 Prohibited Activities6.1 Prohibited Acts. The following activities shall be prohibitedby this code:(2) Use of a high power rocket or high power rocket motoras a weapon or against a targetHouston, we have a problem....... notice it doesn't specifiy "ground" target versus say, "aerial" target, it just says TARGET. When you paint a big BULLSEYE on the ground and then launch a rocket at it, thats a target.And you can't argue that they were launching in a state that hasn't adopted NFPA 1127:For you that don't know, NFPA 1127 IS the SAFETY CODE of the TRA. So it appears Pat G. who is the VP of the TRA may have violated his own organizations Safety Code.... and what about the Strouds? I assume they are also TRA members.also doesn't Sci-Fi have on the Master Blasters website a video showing a "horizontal" HPR launch "at a target" in this case, some football goalposts? hmmm the plot thickens...yeah, I know "we don't need no stinkin laws"..... and if we do have "stinkin laws" I'm not going to abide by them anyway, and you can't make me. I think that attitude is the crux of the problem.... Perhaps this is one reason why the BATFe sees a need for regulation and control of HPR?

Jul 29, 2005 42 Replies

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Jerry Irvine 20 years ago

I didn't claim they were "HPR".

Gates (and others) at least on rmr did claim they were "HPR".

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Chad L. Ellis 20 years ago

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bob352 20 years ago

I agree--I really do not believe they are shedding a negative light on the hobby overall (I recall quite a few disclaimers at the beginning of the broadcast), and I do believe they're reflecting that the competition is all in good fun. After all, if you recall, the losers had to prance around dressed as Wizard of Oz characters. If anything, I think for the novice it offers a glimpse into the technical skills that the participants of HPR possess, somewhat of an off-beat showcase if you will. Like Chad says in the above post: "have a little fun with it."

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