Bottle Rocket B
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
No, you know the long paper nose cone w/ ping-pong ball ending?
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
No really blunt...
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
yes i know that type of design
However I would at the moment interpret that rule as no conical nose cones as there was a the same rule last year in egg-o-naut.
so the upper half of a 2 liter with the cap up is ok for a nose cone
or a "cone" that ends in a spherical or flat shape
But a straight rod ending in a cone with a point would be disallowed
That is my interpretation at the moment however this is based off previous years rules and my opinion may change after i see this years rules
However I would at the moment interpret that rule as no conical nose cones as there was a the same rule last year in egg-o-naut.
so the upper half of a 2 liter with the cap up is ok for a nose cone
or a "cone" that ends in a spherical or flat shape
But a straight rod ending in a cone with a point would be disallowed
That is my interpretation at the moment however this is based off previous years rules and my opinion may change after i see this years rules
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The rules say that the nosecone must not touch the inside of the top of a 2-liter bottle cap placed on it.
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
Fleet, you have the rules right? Is robotman right?
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
I just did a test on a pingpong ball with an 2 liter bottle cap with a hole cut in the center(to be able to see). The ping pong ball does not touch anywhere exept where the cap is set on the ballfleet130 wrote:The rules say that the nosecone must not touch the inside of the top of a 2-liter bottle cap placed on it.
so i would consider it to follow that specification
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robotman09 wrote:A ping pong ball would count as a blunt nose cone in my book
I don't have a ping pong ball handy, but that seems correct.EpicFailOlympian wrote:Is robotman right?
The traditional backslider rolled paper nose cone that comes to a point would not comply. Snip tip & Insert PP ball = OK. Or maybe insert pointed end of cone into hole in PP Ball? Are there possibilities for hairsplitters to exploit the language in the rules? This is apparently a safety issue and the general rules state safety decisions are not subject to appeal. If you push the envelope too much, you may be left out in the cold!
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
So fleet your saying that 
doesn't work
and this
does?
doesn't work and this
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Re: Bottle Rocket B
Both of those would workEpicFailOlympian wrote:So fleet your saying that
and this
as long as the nose does not go like ^ to a point and a bottle cap sets on top it will work
since both of them end in a spherical shape they are fine.
Putting an arrow shaft on would not be correct however