Canon EOS 5D Mark II
ƒ/14
400 mm
1/2,000
800

The only way to fly. =)

This is Ron Rickwald’s 1:1 scale Standard Missile.

I went in for a closer view of the launch, and then boom!

3 responses to “Mobile Launch Platform”

  1. on the flight back from Texas just now, I got a chance to review my photos, and found another Mobile Rocket Platform, this time from Hillbilly Rocketry’s Q-Motor beauty:

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    That’s sharp!

  2. They should have some kind of hydraulic lift so they can launch it right off the back of the buggy. Might put the rocket exhaust uncomfortably close to the gas tank I suppose.

  3. yes…. My son had a similar thought., albeit at a different scale:

    Mobile Robotic Rocket Launcher

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