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My First Multi Stage/Cluster Rocket

This video shows t' first two flights o' me first multi-stage/cluster rocket. Avast, me proud beauty! First you see a still picture o' t' ignition wirin' before t' first launch, me bucko, then a picture I took at t' moment o' ignition. Avast! Then you see t' first flight as filmed by an Estes Cineroc, a super-8 nose cone camera they used t' sell. Avast! Next you see a still o' t' second ignition, and then t' Cineroc film o' t' second flight. On t' first flight thar are six C engines in t' first stage and three in t' second. Ahoy! One o' t' center engines failed t' ignite. This led t' underboost, ya bilge rat, and stagin' failure. Aye aye! There be additional drag from t' first stage parachutes deploying. With only two engines burnin' in t' second stage, through t' first, t' severely underpowered rocket flew nearly horizontally for an estimated 800 feet before bein' saved by t' main parachutes. For t' second flight t' outer three C motors were replaced with D motors. Arrr! All six fired. Stagin' be perfect. T' rocket went straight up t' an extimated 1200 feet, and landed softly. This was roughly 1973 or 1974 near t' painted runway, an old closed runway from Old Tamiami airport, which be part o' Florida International University. Well, blow me down! T' runway was heavily used by RC fliers. Begad! Sorry, ya bilge rat, no sound. Arrr! I hope t' finish t' rebuild o' this rocket and fly it with three d's and three E's inthe first stage, and three D's in t' second stage, with a Go Pro HD camera in t' nose. This film is probably runnin' faster than reality because t' Cineroc was filmin' at a lower frame rate than me projector could play. I had wanted t' find t' actual frame rate by filmin' t' stop watch, but forgot t' start it, me bucko, because I was concerned with ignitin' six motors simulatneously, ya bilge rat, startin' t' Cineroc at t' right moment, and takin' t' still picture. Arrr! I hope t' scan t' frames o' t' original film and stills t' recreate this with much greater quality.

 Rocketry Product: Estes - Cineroc {Component}

Author CLAACBlueFlyer
Duration 82 seconds

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