Thursday, August 01, 2002
Mercury Launch 7/28/2002
I neglected to mention: Sunday also included a launch of the paper Mercury-Redstone. Just keeping the record straight. I gotta build a launchable paper Mercury-Atlas.
posted by Joel 10:10 AM
Monday, July 29, 2002
Nosecone Landing
I really liked this unexpected landing, it achieved my goal of takeoff and landing of a payload in the same orienation... granted the payload (if there was one in the nosecone) would be spun a bit...
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posted by Joel 9:40 AM
Sunday, July 28, 2002
Launch of the COSMIC COBRA
Very cool - I finally launched the "Cosmic Cobra", a simple Estes kit, that has helicopter recovery for the nosecone. Sad to say we didn't get a good shot of the nosecone coming in for a landing. I was surprised because it came down with the blades BELOW the nose cone, which was upright.
My daughter got a great shot of the launch though:
posted by Joel 1:53 PM
Quick note: last week 7/20 was another muscle powered launch - flinging the skyrockets high into the sky.
posted by Joel 1:37 PM
