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My First Multi Stage/Cluster Rocket

This video shows t' first two flights o' me first multi-stage/cluster rocket. Well, blow me down! First you see a still picture o' t' ignition wirin' before t' first launch, then a picture I took at t' moment o' ignition. Blimey! Then you see t' first flight as filmed by an Estes Cineroc, a super-8 nose cone camera they used t' sell. Arrr! Next you see a still o' t' second ignition, and then t' Cineroc film o' t' second flight. Well, blow me down! On t' first flight thar are six C engines in t' first stage and three in t' second. One o' t' center engines failed t' ignite. Well, blow me down! This led t' underboost, and stagin' failure. Arrr! There was additional drag from t' first stage parachutes deploying. Ahoy! 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. Blimey! For t' second flight t' outer three C motors were replaced with D motors. All six fired. Begad! Stagin' was 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, ya bilge rat, which was part o' Florida International University. T' runway was heavily used by RC fliers. Avast, me proud beauty! Sorry, no sound. Ya scallywag! 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 be 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, ya bilge rat, because I was concerned with ignitin' six motors simulatneously, startin' t' Cineroc at t' right moment, and takin' t' still picture. 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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