Mavericks in ROCKETS Magazine

The Rockets magazine issue that I have been waiting for has just come out. It covers the big launch events in the Black Rock Desert that I attend like a pilgrimage – BALLS and Mavericks.

It’s hard to describe how these images trigger pulse-quickening memory clusters for me, like a Proustian scent. (readable size)

This article self-assembled from a series of flickr posts covering:
• The Rocket Howitzer
• Erik’s jump to hyperspace at night
• The maiden flight of my phat V2.1 on a N2801 motor with an 80 ft. plume of fire
and, unless edited out (as I have not seen the following page yet):
• Erik’s super-heavy Bullpup
• My Nike Smoke on a L1030 thermoplastic propellant… and Tom’s scratch-built carbon fiber rocket on a home-brew N1000 motor to 17,500 ft. and Erik’s smaller Bullpup on a Aerotech M1500 Green Mojave motor. (all in this video medley)