The nosecone alone takes a 60” parachute, seen here drifting away from the rocket.

My Mavericks Sledgehammer rocket with a M1550 motor

Frame grab from the on-board Sony PC-1 videocam with wide angle lens.

One response to “Nosecone Separation”

  1. pegleg000 Avatar
    pegleg000

    These are great shots of a super flight. Amazing stuff. Congrats!

    Now to work on the spin;-) (Seems simple, all you need are some airlerons or momentum wheel, ring gyro, control computer, parachute swivel… oh, and three of those M1550 motors to loft the solution :).

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