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I've had a couple of rockets lawn dart over the years (none recently thankfully). Curious to know who's had a lawn dart, what kind of rocket lawn darted, and why (if it could be determined).
First lawn dart (witnessed) was a deliberate incident. Estes Nova Payloader, built by Kevin Kelso (a student at the time)(now deceased). Kevin super glued his nose cone in place after removing the parachute in our 9th Grade (Ashland, Oregon ca 1983) Science class' rocketry project. The rocket nearly hit another student (landed between his feet after he fell backwards). Kevin was suspended for 2 weeks.
Same class had an Estes Space Shuttle (#1385) arc over and glide into the ground before the ejection fired (it ejected the motor mount), but I dont' think that's a proper "lawn dart".
My other lawn darts were both two stage rockets, and both had the booster ignite, but the sustainer didn't. One was a D12-0/C6-7 powered Estes Magnum, the second was an Estes Warp II (same rocket as the Loadstar II) with a C6-0/C6-7.
So what other stories are out there?
First lawn dart (witnessed) was a deliberate incident. Estes Nova Payloader, built by Kevin Kelso (a student at the time)(now deceased). Kevin super glued his nose cone in place after removing the parachute in our 9th Grade (Ashland, Oregon ca 1983) Science class' rocketry project. The rocket nearly hit another student (landed between his feet after he fell backwards). Kevin was suspended for 2 weeks.
Same class had an Estes Space Shuttle (#1385) arc over and glide into the ground before the ejection fired (it ejected the motor mount), but I dont' think that's a proper "lawn dart".
My other lawn darts were both two stage rockets, and both had the booster ignite, but the sustainer didn't. One was a D12-0/C6-7 powered Estes Magnum, the second was an Estes Warp II (same rocket as the Loadstar II) with a C6-0/C6-7.
So what other stories are out there?
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