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Yes, my older daughter, Sarah, is participating in
this craziness. She's built and launched several rockets (pictures
linked below under "Actual Pictures"):
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Latest launch information (4/1/00):
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Rocket (with links to their pictures in the Commonwealth Display
catalog)
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Flights
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Actual
Pictures
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Current Status
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| Estes Alpha IV |
1 |
Alpha IV |
Ready to go again! |
 Things
go better with Cherry Coke!!
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2 |
It flies!!! |
A birthday present from Larry to add to her Coke bottle collection!
Repaired after minor damage, and ready to fly again. Here's
how I built it. |
| Estes
Fat Boy |
1 |
Ready for first launch |
We flew it with a B6-6. That sounded great (based on experience
with other little rockets), but.... It flew ~150 feet
up, then nosed down and hit the ground before the parachute
could eject. RockSim, in hind sight, showed it would fly
~138 feet but impact before opening... I guess that's why
Estes recommends a B6-2 for the first flight! Oh well, we'll
read more closely next time. Nose cone jammed in so tight we can't
pull it out! :-(
10/4 Update-Rebuilt and ready to fly. I had to trim off
~1 cm of body tube to free the nose cone, and reposition the
shock cord.
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| Rebuilt
Estes Fat Boy |
3 |
Ready for more. |
Launched twice on 10/11.
One flight calculated at ~330 feet on C6-3.
Launched 4/1/00 on a C6-3. Chute opened about 50 feet above
ground, causing us quite a scare, but a perfect landing! |
| Estes
Alpha III |
0 |
Ready to paint |
Sarah has named this one, "Little Joe", in honor of
our friend. |
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