DAllen
Well-Known Member
So yeah....even under thrust it's still pretty dang creeptastic.
I was there for that launch...
Here are two good pictures of the launch... the first is immediately after ignition, the second shows what the rocket (can you even call it a rocket?) looked like going up, with some separation between exhaust streams.
If the rocket's name hasn't been set in stone yet, can the rocket be nicknamed the 'Sky Skolex?' View attachment 143135View attachment 143136
I like it, it looks creepy and creative.
My only beef with it is that its a cluster rocket, and I have never had much luck with them all igniting at the same time or at all. If one of the motors has any trouble the results might be catastrophic
Is this a design you researched extensively, or just something you pulled out of your a$$?
Is this a design you researched extensively, or just something you pulled out of your a$$?
I only build the NASA way. Competitive RFPs, multiple computer simulations, peer engineering study groups, CAD drawings, Quality Assurance processes, review by Level 3 certified fliers with years of Academy training and extensive book learnin’. Then I mosey on up to the RSO and say “Lookey here, if all deese har tractor motors light up at da same time it is gonna fly real straight and purdy like.” Don’t be a fret tin’s dat it has no fins, no recovery system, no launch lug and dose ejection charges ‘er just a blowin’ out the top!”
Absolutely no flying by the seat of your pants is allowed. At COSROCs the trailer had not arrived so I launched the tape worm with Jeff’s launch controller he built as a seven year old back in the early seventies. Only a few feet away from three mighty E9-4s clip whipped up for simultaneous ignition and off she went. Jeff said the photo would be abhorred by Care Bears. The photo is undoubtedly direct proof of my unsound techniques and design in action.
Well, just remember, "Safety never takes a holiday." Although, sometimes it steps out for a smoke...
Awesome rocket! If were are ever attacked by aliens, we may need something like this. Intimidate them into thinking we have uglier life forms than they do, and ours can fly.
IT STILL LIVES!
Is this a design you researched extensively, or just something you pulled out of your a$$?
The skeptical looks and comments you get at the range are so much fun.
That is sick, disgusting and depraved.
Now how do I go about building one?