muddymooose
Hoopy Frood
Not me but a product of the rocketry club in 9th grade, of which I was a member.
"Lane", supposedly the most experienced rocketeer in our club, decided to make a 4-stage...Lane was red as a beet, teachers were white, I almost pissed myself laughing.
We built and launched rockets in the 7th grade. I was the only one in my class who had any rocket experience. Most everyone built an Estes Alpha or Yankee or whatever. In an effort to show off my street cred I built an Estes Space Shuttle. The launch went fine but the glider didn't separate from the booster, and the whole thing came down under chute as one unit. To the average viewer it was fine, but to anyone who knew how it *should* have performed (perhaps only me and the teacher) it was kind of embarrassing.
I realized the problem was too much paint on the lugs that held the glider to the booster. After sanding them down I successfully launched it properly at home a week later.