Michigan Laws 259.783 – Model rockets; requirements prior to launch, operation and flight
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A model rocket shall comply with the following requirements prior to its launch, operation and flight:
(a) Gross weight, including the model rocket engine, shall not exceed 16 ounces.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 259.783
- engine: means a device or combination of devices which provide the necessary force or motive power to cause the model rocket to move through the air. See Michigan Laws 259.781
- Model rocket: means an aero-model that ascends into the air without use of aerodynamic lifting forces against gravity and is propelled by means of a model rocket engine. See Michigan Laws 259.781
(b) No more than 4 ounces of propellant materials shall be contained in a model rocket engine at the moment of launch.
(c) It shall be so constructed as to be capable of repeated flights and shall contain means for retarding descent to the ground so that the structure shall not be substantially damaged and no hazard shall be created to persons and property on the ground.
(d) Construction shall be of wood, plastic, paper, rubber or similar materials and without substantial metal parts.
(e) Design and construction shall include attached surfaces which will provide aerodynamic stabilizing and restoring forces necessary to maintain a substantially true and predictable flight path.
(f) It shall not contain any type of explosive or pyrotechnic warhead.