A warm day without wind. This one had two motors, one staging to the other. It spent 1.5 minutes coming back, and so the kids almost caught it on the return. The next launch was the Strong Arm, another fearless rocket, with a damaged fin and body shrinkage from spending the night in a creek in Livermore. It also disappeared from sight for a bit, and then landed softly on the beach.

No flight damage and full recovery = a good day!

A short video of some Sunday fun for the kids (of all ages).

3 responses to “Sunday Rockets by the Sea”

  1. and then, off she goes… with still-glowing igniter wires falling away…
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    The Eliminator kit is designed for one motor, and I have found that it can fly just fine with two, but all kinds of chaos ensues with three.

  2. A bit off thread here, but I just read this interesting piece by Robert Reich:
    robertreich.org/post/16773820312

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