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I wonder if anybody knows or cares that a Super Soaker rocket like this contains more than 8.45 fl oz of dihydrogen oxide is considered a HPR!? WHo made that silly rule up?

shockie B)

Nope, nobody cares. That's because it's dihydrogen monoxide, silly, not dihydrogen oxide...

David Erbas-White

Bruce Kelly.

Don't you know? It's for Fire Prevention purposes, of course! (Now, I doubt that any of the water rocket fanatics _or_ the fire marshals are going to notice that the rule exists... what does it say about us that we did?)

-dave w

Read FAR 101. I don't see any exemptions for water rockets or any mention of 8.45 fluid ounces.

Shhhhhh. Don't wake the elephant in the living room.

But the FAA doesn't care about anything that stays below general "treetop level" and I guess 100 feet meets that unwritten criterion.

Don't remind TRA/NAR to codify it or we will require sub-minature waivers for all model rockets in the future since they fly above tree tops.

They cannot even take a court win as if it were a win!

Full on morons.

in a "fire prevention" code?

Hi ken,

I thought the FAA doesn't care about anything UNDER controlled airspace.

Back in the Day, that was 1200 feet many places.

You could fly mini-mags to 500 feet and not need a waver or notam etc. Or so many said and put in writing.

I wonder how this changed over the course of a couple decades.

Smaller rockets are banned in many cities here in Texas as 'FireWorks' - I don't know if their decision was based on NFPA or not.

Some smaller and unincorporated cities will let you fly them to 1200 feet.

Dallas \ Fortworth Area...