I just found her 2.66 miles down range. It was not that hard because she was flying a prototype GPS system that streamed the data down in real time.
This is my carbon fiber rocket extended with a fiberglass bay for the RF signals making it 10.5 feet tall. It has two tracking system transmitters, two separate flight computers, and two Rousetech CO2 parachute deployment systems.
I found wifi out here in the Black Rock Desert, and so I can share this first shot. There should be some good video footage coming later. You can see one of the videocams on tripod in the foreground.
The blast is from a vintage Animal Motor Works N2801 Skidmark spraying most gloriously and soaring with a throaty roar up and out of sight.
Click photo to enlarge. Here are photos of the 6-hour prep on the playa. And here’s our HD video compilation, with footage from Pad Cam One and Two, marked above in the mouse-over notes.
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