I haven't posted much about this project on the forum. This past weekend, I flew my Aquarius project at XPRS. It was something I started during the early stages of quarantine. It's really a nod to the Down Right Ignorant rocket which flew at Black Rock exactly 30 years ago, inspiring me to want to do something similar someday. I want to give a huge thanks to the ROC team and the XPRS crew for making this flight possible.
The rocket is built from glassed 14" and 10" Sonotube and a lot of 1/2" ply. My router with Jasper circle jig and I became one. The motor is my own, a 6" x 60" x 52K Ns P with 51" of propellant. The flight was a mixed success. As you'll see in the video, the booster came in hot after the shock cord broke. The upper section was recovered intact and everything else worked as designed.
How can I ever top this? I'm done! (Not really...I'm a rocketry lifer).
The rocket is built from glassed 14" and 10" Sonotube and a lot of 1/2" ply. My router with Jasper circle jig and I became one. The motor is my own, a 6" x 60" x 52K Ns P with 51" of propellant. The flight was a mixed success. As you'll see in the video, the booster came in hot after the shock cord broke. The upper section was recovered intact and everything else worked as designed.
How can I ever top this? I'm done! (Not really...I'm a rocketry lifer).