[RKDinOKC]

Think maybe the rules are recoverable to keep from adding to the space junk. Didn't the group that put the Tesla up do a test accurately landing the boosters before the put the car up?

There was a couple of dudes in the local R/C club that were also in the local model rocketry club. They said they had ceilings and events with higher ceilings specifically approved for the area and times. Kinda remember the ceiling on the special events was 80,000 ft. Think the ceilings had something to do with air traffic control. They gave a presentation to the R/C club. It was interesting the differences in sub-sonic and super-sonic rockets. A lot different than when I was a kid building and shooting of my little Estes engine rockets.

There was a hobby shop 1 miles from my house that the front had model rocket stuff. Tubes, nose cones, balsa, paints, engines, chutes, kits, motors. In the back there was a big slot car track. Interesting didn't sell any slot car stuff, or we probably would have done that too.

We did get into the HO scale Aurora/Tyco slot cars. We would pool our tracks at someone's house hand have a huge track with 4 lanes and the same number of the same size turns for each lane. One guy's mom would let us move all the furniture out of their formal living room and take it over for a few weeks at a time. Otherwise it was mostly garages.

We would mix parts from all our cars to get the fastest car. Mine was a Z28 and usually the fastest. When I bought my 2nd car I tried to buy a Z28, my Dad wouldn't let me. But he did let me get that Plymouth Satellite SebringPlus which was probably faster. Had a Road Runner body for my HO cars but the rear fenders would cause it to fly off the track on corners with guard rails where the Z28 would stay on the track using the guard rails to take the turns faster.

I still wonder what really happened to the R/C plane contest.
The contest was for the widest flying envelope with a 40 size motor, 3 points for every controllable MPH under 25 and 1 point for every MPH over 25. You submitted a video of it flying fastest and slowest over a marked distance, and plans. The R/C magazines even published a couple of entries while the contest was running. One entered by Burt Ratan. Looked like they were looking for a better design to hover, and go 200mph with a 40 size motor. Couple of months before the deadline for entry and the contest went hush hush. No mention of the contest, winner, or anything. Like the contest never existed. And there was like $20,000 prize with a couple of aerospace contractors putting up the monies. They were supposed to publish the winning design with plans.