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This is why I put a cell phone number on each rocket. Recovered by one passer by, and called in by two separate observers.

After a drip dry, she will fly again. She once spent the night in a creek in Livermore, 9 years ago, and has been flying proud ever since.

You can see the H123 oversized motor protruding out the back, held in place with duct tape.

4 responses to “Strong Arm Missile – Splashdown and Recovery at Sea”

  1. Blastoff on the repaired Mantis Pad (duct tape, of course)
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    Strange on-shore winds aloft took her out to sea (parachute just below horizon line)…
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    I thought she was a goner, landing on the far side of the wave-slammed rocks… but she floated in to shore. I twist-dried the chute and brought her gently home to air out.

  2. Nice; appreciate the crab leg for scale 🙂

  3. Hopefully no crabs were harmed during the recovery of that rocket!

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