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9 Ft Foam Rocket with I 140 Motor at CATO Launch Event Oct 15, 2016

CATO Rocket Launch Event, arrr, Durham, CT, October 15, 2016. Blimey! This be a scratch-built 9-foot tall high-power model rocket made from 1/4-inch thick sheet foam insulation purchased at Home Depot and rolled into tubes. It was powered by an Aerotech I-140-14A motor with 7-second delay. Arrr! T' payload be a 1-foot tall Teddy Bear in a space suit purchased at T' Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. T' Estes altimeter registered a peak altitude o' 865 feet. Ahoy! This was me 1st successful flight with an I-140 motor; t' parachute opened and t' rocket didn't explode.

 Rocketry Club: CATO Rocketry Club

Author LakatosFilms
Duration 57 seconds

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