A Blast of Pink

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

ƒ/7.1

100 mm

1/4,000

1600

My Sledgehammer weighed in at 56 lbs.
An imposing 9 feet tall… with wings, and a M1675 motor
and RF transmitter, festooned with video cameras, two logging flight computers, and a cool Rousetech CD-3 gas ejection system for the parachute deployment (no charring of the fabric).

The pink plume propellant was developed in Canada for the ladies.

It will take a bit of time for me to compile the best video segments from the four cameras. It was a perfect flight, with a powerful roar going a mile straight up.

18 responses to “A Blast of Pink”

WF&DT

Apr 3, 2011 at 9:38 pm

looking forward to that video.

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jurvetson

Apr 3, 2011 at 9:48 pm

Kicking up dirt! The pad post launch:

First sight on the recovery drive, over the hill and across the stream, tracked by RF beacon…

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ideastoday

Apr 3, 2011 at 10:56 pm

Wow. It must’ve made one hell of a racket!

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gsikich1

Apr 3, 2011 at 11:48 pm

Sweet smell of success

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: Nils

Apr 4, 2011 at 1:22 am

Congratulations on the flight!

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Michael DaKidd

Apr 4, 2011 at 1:52 am

too cool….

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solerena

Apr 4, 2011 at 2:42 am

Cherry blossoms pink

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JeffSech

Apr 4, 2011 at 5:11 am

Nice divot!

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Pieces of Eye

Apr 4, 2011 at 6:31 am

So awesome!

Max altitude was only a mile?

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jurvetson

Apr 4, 2011 at 3:35 pm

thanks y’all. She sure is pretty in pink.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/79289632@N00] – Well, she’s quite heavy and phat. I was trying to revisit the mile high club. Computer logged 5,120 ft., so pretty close!

I just read in the LUNAR flight report:
"At the heavy end, Steve Jurvetson’s ‘Sledgehammer’ flying on an M1675 made for the most outrageous “Mile High Wall” flight we’ve had yet. How do you keep an “M” motor rocket down to only a mile? His altimeter told us his flight to 5,120 feet was pretty much on the money."

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TomiTapio

Apr 4, 2011 at 6:24 pm

Nice one!

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Bill York

Apr 7, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Video posted anywhere yet?

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jurvetson

Apr 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm

not yet – been too busy to pull it together. Maybe this weekend.

Oh, the propellant even came in pretty pink boxes…

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nahkahousu

Apr 28, 2011 at 5:58 am

Stunning image

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jurvetson

Dec 24, 2011 at 4:08 am

and she stars in a belated issue of LUNAR Clips, along with our Epic cluster rocket:

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Hawaiian Sea

Feb 19, 2012 at 12:51 am

Cant wait to see the video.

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jurvetson

Feb 19, 2012 at 1:41 am

wait not…. it can be found here:

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