Manhattan Project

[Mark aka FATMAN]

Name is Mark aka FATMAN
New to Rocket Forum. there seams to be some interest in my last project

 

[smstachwick]

Hey Mark!

I’m loving the look of the Fat Man. We’ve had a couple great ones here. The one below might be one of my favorites, though.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...most-hated-rocket-designs.164973/post-2112092
What are you planning to fly yours on?

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

Yes That is a good one. found that post after building mine.
the Manhattan is 22" tale and 11" in diameter. Weighs 7.5 pounds

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

I forgot to mention the flight was on a Aerotech H550 DMS
Around 825 AGL

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

Not sure if this video will work !

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

Hey Mark!

I’m loving the look of the Fat Man. We’ve had a couple great ones here. The one below might be one of my favorites, though.

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...most-hated-rocket-designs.164973/post-2112092
What are you planning to fly yours on?

21 minutes ago

I forgot to mention the flight was on a Aerotech H550 DMS
Around 825 AGL

 

[icyclops]

Video worked fine on my iPad laptop. How high was that….maybe about 800 ft. ?

 

[smstachwick]

21 minutes ago

I forgot to mention the flight was on a Aerotech H550 DMS
Around 825 AGL

Looks like it’s desktop only.

This button will allow you to insert a video directly into the body of text, though. Those are viewable on mobile as well.

 

[Grog6]

When I was young, the Museum of atomic energy had a mockup of a Little Boy out front; I can remember sitting on it doing the slim pickens scene from Dr strangelove.
Back in the early 70's(this would have been the late 60's; silver dimes went out in 64.) they had a machine you could put a silver coin into, and it would make it radioactive for a few minutes. You got it back sealed in an aluminum disk with the museum name around the coin.
When silver dimes went out of circulation, they stored the machine.
Fun fact:
The implosion bomb was referred to as fat man to make anyone that intercepted the message would think of Churchill, and the Gun bomb was going to be 21 feet long, and was referred to as Thin Man(roosevelt); when it was realized that plutonium was implosion only, the much shorter bomb was then named Little boy.

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

Video worked fine on my iPad laptop. How high was that….maybe about 800 ft. ?

About 825 AGL

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

Looks like it’s desktop only.

This button will allow you to insert a video directly into the body of text, though. Those are viewable on mobile as well.

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I will give that a try. Thank you

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

View attachment videoplayback.mp4

 

[Mark aka FATMAN]

When I was young, the Museum of atomic energy had a mockup of a Little Boy out front; I can remember sitting on it doing the slim pickens scene from Dr strangelove.
Back in the early 70's(this would have been the late 60's; silver dimes went out in 64.) they had a machine you could put a silver coin into, and it would make it radioactive for a few minutes. You got it back sealed in an aluminum disk with the museum name around the coin.
When silver dimes went out of circulation, they stored the machine.
Fun fact:
The implosion bomb was referred to as fat man to make anyone that intercepted the message would think of Churchill, and the Gun bomb was going to be 21 feet long, and was referred to as Thin Man(roosevelt); when it was realized that plutonium was implosion only, the much shorter bomb was then named Little boy.

That was a good story and some nice history. Thank you for sharing.
When I was also a young man my Father took us out to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. I remember the FATMAN mockup they
had there. Dr Stragelove I do remember that one.