Cloudhopper keeps flying

Steve Fitton · Jun 28, 2019

My Dad built this cloudhopper for me when I was little, probably around 1974. It has probably had 100+ flights but keeps going! Burned a bunch of A3s and A10s the other evening.

BABAR · Jun 28, 2019

A battle scarred bunny!

BSNW · Jul 3, 2019

Oh man....LOVE IT! Keep it flying!
Andrew

hcmbanjo · Jul 3, 2019

Here's a MicroMaxx carded version:
https://rocketry.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/cloud-hopper.pdf

That is a quarter next to it - it's really that small. This does fly and is stable with some clay weight in the nose cone.
The whole set of MMX GoonyBirds (and more) is hosted on Wayne Hill's Rocketry Blog:
https://rocketry.wordpress.com/ultimate-paper-rocket-guide/paper-rocket-partial-builds/#chris

Doug Holverson · Jul 5, 2019

It's cool that you have it and that you're still flying it after all these years. Kind of like my old Evel Knievel Skycycle that's getting the little beat up and the decals have half flaked off. Or my Tangent prototype from the '90s.

dpower · Jul 13, 2019

Cool that it's still flying! Love to see vintage rockets in action.

kuririn · Jul 13, 2019

That little bunny keeps going.....
And going.....
And going.....

BABAR · Jul 13, 2019

Doug Holverson said:
It's cool that you have it and that you're still flying it after all these years. Kind of like my old Evel Knievel Skycycle that's getting the little beat up and the decals have half flaked off. Or my Tangent prototype from the '90s.

I had the SkyCycle. I remember one “flight” where it ended up doing a land shark routine!

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