Here’s something you don’t normally get to see (since it is usually inside the rocket) – the burst of the BP charge blowing forward from one of the Aerotech G79 fin-tip motors.

Launch sequence below (visible to those not using flickr beta UI)… from the video compilation

5 responses to “Epic Rocket Blasting over the Sierras”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    Blastoff… with a saw blade serving as blast plate
    Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 5.10.52 PM

    Tilting off the rail, with the Piñata rocket in line to launch next….
    Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 5.12.15 PM

    Looking back at the crowd…
    Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 5.12.42 PM

    a cool sinew of smoke tracing the path to the pad
    Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 5.15.46 PM

    Popping the parachutes. The black/red one was supposed to come later, when the baro sensor detects the altitude has dropped to 800 ft., so this photo helps us conclude that one shear pin was not enough to hold the nose cone on through the yank of the apogee drogue
    Screen Shot 2014-02-02 at 5.16.51 PM

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  2. gsikich1 Avatar
    gsikich1

    NASA quality shots. Really did this one up just right.

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  3. clogwog Avatar
    clogwog

    reminds me of the old nasa footage of the mercury program. awesome photo !!

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  4. scleroplex Avatar
    scleroplex

    very cool!

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  5. rwoodworkr Avatar
    rwoodworkr

    Super supreme!

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