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Old 10-19-2010, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by tfischer
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Having seen some High Power Rockets with l-o-n-g shock cords (a great example can be seen descending under a main parachute and a small pilot 'chute on page 51 of The Model Rocketry Handbook: 21st Century Edition by Stuart Lodge), the main body of such a "treed" rocket could easily dangle down close enough to the ground for the rocketeer to reach up and gently "shake 'n tug" the rest of the rocket down from the tree's branches.
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