I’m amazed any of it was still above ground to be found. That would have been a very effective tunneling machine, but I guess the mass was pretty low.
Here’s rooting for a report of 4 fins.
Here’s rooting for a report of 4 fins.
AT L-1000 DMS – flying case with a nose cone and 4 fins
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rfjustin
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You got 100% out of that single use rocket. I classify that as "All Used Up".
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At least it looks like a rocket and the fins are still attached after all it has been through.
Looks like a trophy to me!
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Very nice Justin, at least you will have part of one of the rockets that were lost, but now are found! 
Happy to see you have some closure for this very grand adventure! 
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What's most interesting is it was sticking in the ground as if it was accelerating towards the launch site. So I'm not sure if a plow hit it or maybe it was tumbling down and didn't fully come in ballistic. You can sort of see the landing site in this video I just posted.
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rfjustin
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Braden, I cant quite tell which field were you in, can you help provide a little more clarity please? I'd really love to know where it impacted please.
I'm assuming it was north and east?
Thanks much!
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Sure thing! I placed a yellow dot roughly where I found it. Not too far out at all.
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Thank you for the additional data!
Tip to tip carbon would lessen the risk from heated glue softening and letting go of the fins.
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Those fins had four layers of tip-to-tip fiberglass cloth. Carbon wouldn't have made a difference, this rocket was sitting in a field that was subjected to a controlled burn. The fact that it survived to this extent is impressive.
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C'mon Justin.
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We learned during this grand adventure that tip to tip was not needed for the up part, neither one shredded. The controlled field roasting it was subject to, not so much.
https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...se-cone-and-4-fins.162266/page-6#post-2078221https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...se-cone-and-4-fins.162266/page-7#post-2079618https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...se-cone-and-4-fins.162266/page-8#post-2082143
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What is interesting is when you started these builds I sent this thread to a friend of mine because I was so excited about them. Somehow I didn't manage to make the connection when I picked it up!
Braden
