Can you launch a rocket in 9 inches of snow? or any snow at all for that matter?

Sure! I've done it many times. You don't even have to worry about parachute deployment, as long as there's no hard crust on the snow! Not that the cold will cause a problem with the parachute deployment, but a cold 'chute will get stiff and won't want to open readily, so be sure to use a bit of talc on it. One more bit of advice............keep your battery warm!

Joe

If it's really cold you may want to switch to streamers. The snow will help ease the touchdown, or maybe nylon chutes.

Roll a big snowball and flatten the top to set your launch pad on. It saves bending.

If the snow is deep a snowmobile helps.

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Snow? What's that?

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We have snow all year round in my area of the USA:

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Launching in the snow would be cool, we haven't had a decent snow here in years.

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'Launching in the snow would be cool, we haven't had a decent snow here in years.'

We have lots of it on the ground here right now!

Fred

How did you get a photo of my house???

I use a wood stove for heat, don't need ice, and love ice cream and snow cones.
I thought I saw you outside, I was going to invite you in , but, the phone rang, it was the air conditioning guy..........Oh well.

RD

snow here now, too

although - I * AM * looking forward to the anual MARS club launch Jan 1st - always fun ( and COLD ! ) .

need to burn a few to keep going through the winter .

~ AL

Yeah, we've also got plenty of snow here in the Adirondacks, and that's regarded as a good thing around here - all of the ski areas are open!

In the winter, snow or not, I usually just launch my (low power) Art Applewhite or Fliskits saucers, and an occasional micromaxx model on the rare occasion when there is no wind. No worries about recovery deployment with the former, and with the latter, as long as something deploys enough to cause them to tumble, they always come in safely. Neither type goes very high, either, which is another advantage. I bring snowshoes, just in case anything lands more than 20 ft. from the pad.

I usually launch the micros from my driveway, so that they land on packed snow - they can be hard to find in deep snow!

Mark K.

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