Alan made his flyable Chinese Fire Arrow as part of a History of Rockets project for his GATE class at Gale Elementary School a couple years ago. After using it in several presentations, he felt it was time to give it a try.
Alan was anxious to see what this thing would do...
Alan's Chinese Fire Arrow ready on Pad #2.
Just as the original Chinese fire arrows, it wasn't the most accurate, but it did instill fear in those attacking enemy hoardes that were near...Actually, it had a pretty straight liftoff and just did a loop or two after gaining a little altitude. Pretty cool little show after all. And the ejection charge at the end added to the drama.
Alan safely recovers his Chinese Fire Arrow.
The only damage was couple of missing feathers... Still ready for his next History of Rockets presentation.
Another first of that launch day was the first flight of RoboRocketryOne, which I later used for a NAR Level 1 HPR (High Power Rocketry) certification.
Alan prepares the fire arrow as I prepare the mid power 24mm RMS Monster Motor for the RR1 flight.
RoboRocketryOne sitting on Pad #3 ready for launch.
Another shot of RR1 before launch...
Great launch (Sorry no picture of that) and safe recovery. That was definately fun. Ready to go bigger next time... Closer to L1 cert...
The red ignitor retainer cap actually was burned through by the thrust and stayed on for the whole flight.
That caused the yellow Copper Head ignitor adapter to be carried with the rocket up a ways, but we did find it in the grass after the flight.
After a very satisfying launch day, back at the office cleaning up the Rouse-Tech Monster Motor casing.
1 comment:
Nice to see Alan after a long time. He's grown up. Rocket launching and building sounds like a nice hobby, should try that out with Nishant.
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