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Most Powerful Amateur Rocket in Canada

Posted by michael on from the good,-eh? dept.

Alex Schmidt writes "A group of Canadian 'amateur' rocketeers successfully launched a 16 1/2 foot rocket to a height of about 5500 feet. The rocket is based on the 'Dauphine' a meteorological rocket from the 1960's. The rocket weighed 300 pounds, stood 16.5 feet high and 21 inches in diameter. The motors generated 2400lbs of thrust. It successfully landed after 3 of 4 parachutes properly deployed."

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  1. Re:In other news... by bsharitt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So if there is a war and a draft, I don't guess going to Canada is an option?

  2. Re:Uh... SI units anyone ? by imsabbel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you ever see a car with 1 KNm torque, tell me... How can people in the 21th century measure forces or torques with units like "a pound at the lenght of the feet of a old king" ... And i still cant realize the beauty of a system of lenght units that convert like a*12=b, b*3=c, c*something=d. how many yards are 0.34 miles? :)

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  3. I'm not interested... by IWantMoreSpamPlease · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...until it can run Linux and save Ogg files... ..sorry, I'll go away now.

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