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My wife, Bracha, and I debuted our "Big Daddy" Akavish at the NEFAR launch yesterday. "Big Daddy" is an upscale of the spider-themed rockets we've built and flown over the past few years.
The new Akavish is over three feet tall and weighs about 10 pounds. His little cousin in the photo above is about 18" tall and weighs about 10 ounces.
The big Akavish is the rocket I was talking about in the "Building a Boat in the Basement" thread in The Coffee House fourm. It barely fits through the doors in our house and I had to remove a cargo tray from the back of our van to fit the Akavish in the van.
The head of the new Akavish was made from a hollow foam ball covered with fiberglass. Inside is a 38mm motor mount, parachute, and altimeter.
The rocket is covered with black and silver fur. We launched it on an Aerotech I154J motor. It took a couple of seconds for the motor to come up to power then the rocket began to rise. It left a thick trail of black smoke as it when straight up. At apogee, it began to arch over and the parachute deployed. Then the Akavish floated safely to the ground. According to the altimeter, the rocket reached an altitude of 376 feet!
Additional photographs of the Akavish are at:
https://www.payloadbay.com/gallery/v/nefar-launches/2007-06-09/2007-06-09+NEFAR+Launch+015.jpg.html
-- Roger
The new Akavish is over three feet tall and weighs about 10 pounds. His little cousin in the photo above is about 18" tall and weighs about 10 ounces.
The big Akavish is the rocket I was talking about in the "Building a Boat in the Basement" thread in The Coffee House fourm. It barely fits through the doors in our house and I had to remove a cargo tray from the back of our van to fit the Akavish in the van.
The head of the new Akavish was made from a hollow foam ball covered with fiberglass. Inside is a 38mm motor mount, parachute, and altimeter.
The rocket is covered with black and silver fur. We launched it on an Aerotech I154J motor. It took a couple of seconds for the motor to come up to power then the rocket began to rise. It left a thick trail of black smoke as it when straight up. At apogee, it began to arch over and the parachute deployed. Then the Akavish floated safely to the ground. According to the altimeter, the rocket reached an altitude of 376 feet!
Additional photographs of the Akavish are at:
https://www.payloadbay.com/gallery/v/nefar-launches/2007-06-09/2007-06-09+NEFAR+Launch+015.jpg.html
-- Roger
