A-N-D-R-E-W
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Long story short, I grew up building paper towel tube rockets with my brother in our back yard, some truly great memories. We attended AIRFEST this year in Argonia, and I instantly knew I wanted a part of the fun. Fast forward to October and I had finished my first build. Blessed with a sunny day in October, I got the chance to certify with the rocket.
My first high power rocket is a thin wall fiberglass 2.6'' Madcow Tomach with a 38mm motor mount. I built it like a tank and it came out a little on the heavy side at 5lb 2oz. But, it's built to last and will be around for a long time hopefully. For a motor I chose the Loki Research 38/480 I-210 Red. My wonderful significant other came up with the name for the rocket, NIGHT FURY, based on a dragon from the Disney movie, "How to train your dragon". She attended my certification launch and stated how much fun she had, and now she wants to build a rocket of her own and attend the next AIRFEST! Yay .
The flight went about as good as I could hope, the dual deploy worked as planned, and the rocket reached an altitude of 2,948 feet. Photography is something I have always enjoyed and so I wanted to make sure and get plenty of video of my first flight. I pieced some of the video together and got several angles including on board. I'm sharing this experience in the hopes to get other people interested in this very fun hobby!
Special Thanks to Dave, Lance, and Kloudbusters.
[video=youtube;N-AQ-8qc_Fo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-AQ-8qc_Fo[/video]
Video Timeline:
Ejection Charge Test: 0:36
Rocket Launch (ground): 0:58
Launch Pad View: 1:24
On-board Video: 1:37
Main Parachute (ground): 3:36
My first high power rocket is a thin wall fiberglass 2.6'' Madcow Tomach with a 38mm motor mount. I built it like a tank and it came out a little on the heavy side at 5lb 2oz. But, it's built to last and will be around for a long time hopefully. For a motor I chose the Loki Research 38/480 I-210 Red. My wonderful significant other came up with the name for the rocket, NIGHT FURY, based on a dragon from the Disney movie, "How to train your dragon". She attended my certification launch and stated how much fun she had, and now she wants to build a rocket of her own and attend the next AIRFEST! Yay .
The flight went about as good as I could hope, the dual deploy worked as planned, and the rocket reached an altitude of 2,948 feet. Photography is something I have always enjoyed and so I wanted to make sure and get plenty of video of my first flight. I pieced some of the video together and got several angles including on board. I'm sharing this experience in the hopes to get other people interested in this very fun hobby!
Special Thanks to Dave, Lance, and Kloudbusters.
[video=youtube;N-AQ-8qc_Fo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-AQ-8qc_Fo[/video]
Video Timeline:
Ejection Charge Test: 0:36
Rocket Launch (ground): 0:58
Launch Pad View: 1:24
On-board Video: 1:37
Main Parachute (ground): 3:36