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Are you allowed to buy and launch model rockets in Ireland ?

  • 17-11-2011 8:22am
    #1
    lucozader
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    it seems like a fun hobby

    what is the deal


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  • #2
    SNAKEDOC
    Registered Users Posts: 943 ✭✭✭SNAKEDOC


    no as far as i know you need a permit to launch any kind of rocket that isn't a firework.


  • #3
    Reloc8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Reloc8


    Truthfully not sure how I ended up here but bizarrely I have come across this question before (lawyer). http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/si/0025.html

    That's a link to the relevant Statutory Instrument. In essence, you need a permit for a rocket unless it is t :

    "a model rocket using not more than 100 grams (0.1 kilogram) of propellant or using a slow burning propellant and made of paper, wood or frangible plastic containing no substantial parts and weighing no more than half a kilogram (0.5 kilogram) operated in a manner that does not create a hazard to persons, property or other aircraft"

    So if your fuel, weight and component parts are within bounds, you can eh fire away (see what I did there).


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