Quite literally my first ever scratchbuild. This one was an old paper towel tube with homemade centering rings and engine tube and a paper nose cone with a wooden skewer as an "escape tower". The shock cord was made from rubber bands scrounged from our mailman, and the parachute was made from a Rainbo Bread wrapper. The launch lug was a paper drinking straw and the fins were cut from a Tide box. Hung up on the rod on the first flight and burned on the pad. Unintentional, but eye-opening.
Flight Date: | 1977-09-25 |
Rocket Name: | ****Fishhead Rocketry - Red Baron |
Flyer's Name: | Bill Eichelberger |
Motors: | C6-5 |
Launch Site: | 224 Blossom Lane, Southgate, Kentucky |
Home-made rocket. Launch lug caught in a kink in the straightened coathanger launch rod. Cardboard fins caught fire and most of rocket burned on the pad before I could get water. Nose cone survived due to ejection charge.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | Estes C6-5 |
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