Our 🚀 Launch leapt from 0 to 1,380 MPH in 1.8 seconds, with the “Black Rock” of Black Rock Desert in the distance. And this was my first time using the new Canon 100-400mm to freeze the action.
It might have been an acceleration record for us, pulling 67g’s and piercing the clouds in a blink of the eye. Launch video — it’s short!
We did a custom build using a very lightweight but strong tube (originally used in mortar casings) of a minimum-diameter airframe. So the rocket body is also the solid-rocket motor casing, and an aluminum rear retention ring secures it in place.
The nosecone is also lightweight, and I know that it will collapse when going supersonic, so I tried an experiment using a series of duct-tape strips to help it hold together.
Altogether, the rocket’s dry weight was just 1.7 lbs.
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