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Old 05-16-2017, 07:01 PM
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Default School Rocket Day 2017

It's been a long time since I've flown rockets. So long that I've forgotten how to get good rocket photos. My son is grown, married, and working for Lockheed. My daughter just graduated high school this weekend. Today may have been her last day as my rocket day LCO.

We flew a bunch of Generic E2X rockets on A8-5 motors. Some were pretty rough, as can be noted in the second photo with the motor hanging half way out. That's as far as I could get it inserted due to a ton of glue in the motor mount. It flew straight and true anyway.








After all the kids' rockets, we flew six demos. First was Katie's #2 Pencil on a B4-4. It flew straight and true and tested the mid level winds for us.



Next up was Katie's Estes Alien Green Crayon rocket on a C6-5 to test the winds just above what the #2 Pencil achieved.



We then launched my old Silver Comet on a D12-5, testing even higher wind levels for the next three rockets.

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