357 Bullet

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ƒ/5.6

170 mm

1/2,500

500

I flew my Thug rocket on a zesty Aerotech I357 motor yesterday… with a bright plume of clean-burning aluminum.

It popped off the pad and was pulling 27 G’s at this point, hitting 426 mph and then coasting to 3,227 ft.

I was looking up the tail cone, a fraction of a second after launch.

I was hoping to launch my large Sledgehammer rocket (with on-board video cam) on a M1500G motor, but alas, the cloud cover postponed the launch until next year (we can’t launch rockets through clouds, as we need to see proper parachute deployment).

4 responses to “357 Bullet”

Leino88

Dec 7, 2009 at 2:24 am

zesty!

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Happy Tinfoil Cat

Dec 7, 2009 at 11:40 pm

Kinda wondering why you have to see the chute deployment, since there is nothing you can do about it either way. (unless you have a mandatory self-destruct)

Do you have your ticket for SpaceShip Two?

Funny how the initials SST remind me of the promised Super Sonic Transports from my childhood. Going ballistic should avoid the problem of noise the SST had. Perhaps we will not have to take flights that are over 15 hours long some day.

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jurvetson

Dec 8, 2009 at 4:42 am

SST – suborbital does not excite me much. I’ve experienced zero gravity on the vomit comet, and for a good view, I think I’ll wait for a trans lunar orbital flight. Might have to wait a few years though… =)

Chute deploy is for ground safety. if it is coming back ballistic, they sound the alarm and everyone has to be ready to play dodge.

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exciting cup

Dec 13, 2009 at 9:49 am

That does look pretty slick.

Have a rocketting 2010 🙂

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