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From the rocket workshop this weekend: my new fiberglass + aluminum red rocket.

My right hand holds the N5800 solid rocket motor. The airframe holds three flight computers that control two parachute bays + GPS tracking system with radio. Launch is next month. Simulator: Mach 2.4 to over 30K’

5 responses to “My Big Red Rocket”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    fin can

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  2. PeterThoeny Avatar
    PeterThoeny

    Nice! Launch at Balls?

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  3. sbove Avatar
    sbove

    Amazing…this thing will be at muzzle velocity for a pretty decent high power rifle bullet (just below 3,000 FPS), and the N5800 produces more than 2x peak thrust (8 kN) of the Williams EJ22 that powers the Eclipse 500 Jet (3kN), and about 2/3 as much as the old GE CJ-610 that powered the first lear Jets (12 kN).

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterthoeny] Yes! With Erik & my son too. Hope to see you there!

    [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbove] Good to know! Not quite X-15 tho… 🙂

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  5. PeterThoeny Avatar
    PeterThoeny

    See you at Balls [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson]! Alexis can’t make it this time.

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