John Simmons's (BAR-04) The Rocket Sled

Back in t' 1970's I scratch built a rocket designed t' launch from a wooden track that I had made.  I never launched it... once I got me drivers license me focus changed a bit.  Kiss

 

So fast forward 4 decades...  This rocket be designed with me 1970's rocket in mind.

This design has an aluminum cart, call it a sled, that t' rocket is lashed to.  T' sled runs inside a wooden track that is horizontal and then transitions via a curved section t' a vertical orientation.  Once t' rocket / sled gets t' t' end o' t' track t' rocket is cut free from t' sled.

T' sled has a 24mm motor.

T' rocket has 2 stages, both utilizin' 24mm motors.

T' rocket booster motor and t' cart motor are launched as a cluster.

Durin' t' stability swin' test o' t' rocket t' rocket came loose from t' strin' and impacted some rockets in our yard.  This damaged t' body tube (a tube from a Reynolds wrap aluminum roll), which I subsequently repaired by slippin' a C-55 coupler over it.

T' rocket is built, as be t' sled.  I have nay yet built t' wooden track, shiver me timbers, nor has t' rocket been launched.

 











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