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Record-Breaking Model Rocket Launch Set For April 25
darkjohnson writes with this impressive excerpt from Rocketry Planet: "On April 25, 2009, history will be made. At Higgs Farm in Price, Maryland, Steve Eves will enter the history books as the person who flew the largest model rocket in history. The rocket will weigh over 1,600 pounds, it will stand over 36 feet tall and it will be powered by a massive array of nine motors: eight 13,000ns N-Class motors and a 77,000ns P-Class motor."
Even though it makes this stuff look pretty simple in comparison, it still makes me want to dig out my old home made launcher and build a rocket.
I remember as a teenager saving up for months to buy the Estes designer's kit. I set up a card table in my room where I designed and built quite a few rockets - nothing that used bigger than a D engine. I'll never forget the night I left a bottle of dope open on the table. Very bizarre dreams that night. Learned to keep the window open when I worked on stuff and to shut everything up when I was done.
It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
.....the world's tallest midget?
It's great that regular folk can do these things One thing though - I wonder just how bi
it will stand over 36 fe*END OF CARRIER*
Little did Timothy know the true purpose of the rocket and its payload. ::evil laughter in the distance::
"they can have my rocket when they pry it from my cold, dead hands"
"when rockets are outlawed, only outlaws will have rockets"
weak, i know. it's a boring rainy day...
"On April 25, 2009, history will be made. At Higgs Farm in Price, Maryland, Steve Eves will enter the history books as the person who flew the smallest full-scale rocket in history. The rocket will weigh over 1,600 pounds, it will stand over 36 feet..."
Sometime just before the government steps in and shuts down the whole project.
When an antagonistic foreign power launches it. I get the feeling this guy is about to be declared an antagonistic foreign power.
Tag lost or not installed.
...need to prove the existence of the Higgs Farm. Some have theorized that all vegetables gain their mass from the Higgs field. Now we may finally know.
It would be ironic, if this thing performed better than North Korea's "communications" rocket. Of course, then North Korean agents would start scrounging the US for model rocket engines, for their next attempt:
"Hello, Estes http://www.estesrockets.com/rocketengines.php? We would like to buy a lot of engines. Yes, it will be a VERY big model rocket."
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
I was waiting for an editorial comment to the effect of "knock on wood."
He could very easily become the person who exploded the largest model rocket before it left the launch pad.
Well, that breaks down when the FAA tries to take over control of one of the Navy's designated area of operations.
Right, because the Navy has weapons and the FAA doesn't. I'll put my money on the Navy in that fight.
Great stuff for the resume if you're looking to explore the burgeoning rocketry market in North Korea.
Maybe N. Korea should hire him
Considering their most recent attempt was a grand botch-o-lito
"Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself." Mark Twain
Is he German and does the rocket's flight path point towards London?
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
There will be a KABOOM!
Sig this!