Probably the heaviest rocket of the weekend, punching in at 55 lbs., my Sledgehammer looms 9 ft. tall (as does the flame here!), with multiple cameras on rocket and ground. This one is from the DSLR as I tracked the flight; click it to enlarge.
Here is the HD compilation of those various video feeds.
The GLR Sledgehammer rocket uses honeycomb nomex wings under fiberglass. I added a video bay, HCX and LCX flight computers, a RouseTech gas cartridge parachute deployment system and a RF tracking beacon.
She had a perfect flight at Dairy Aire 2011 in Helm, California on a Cesaroni L1410 75mm Skidmark motor from Canada. The sparks come from titanium sponge mixed in the propellant, and she put on quite a show.
Prior flights have been the M1675 Pink, M1850 White, M1550 Redline, M1500 Mojave Green, and M1315W for my L3 Cert.
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