I just built an Alpha 1 w/my son's Boy Scout Troop as part of their space exploration merit badge. I tried to do something a little different from the boys by reversing the fins so they swept up. I ran a stability test on it with fishing line and it went well. Except when I went to launch it with my son, it went nose over tail to about 20 feet up and then popped the streamer at about 2 feet up.
Has anybody seen this happen before?
The rocket is officially retired to hanging from my son's ceiling, which is kind of a shame, because it is one of my better paint jobs, Blue Angels Blue with a yellow nose cone. I guess the next one will run the same paints with a different fin configuration.
Thanks in advance!
Doug
Has anybody seen this happen before?
The rocket is officially retired to hanging from my son's ceiling, which is kind of a shame, because it is one of my better paint jobs, Blue Angels Blue with a yellow nose cone. I guess the next one will run the same paints with a different fin configuration.
Thanks in advance!
Doug