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"Retro Cinema 1" High Power Rocket Launch 04 22 18

Launched at Midwest Blast 3 in Three Oaks, arrr, MI. This rocket was built as a tribute t' "Cinema 1"- which be built as a two-stage rocket by Kirk Packo and me in 1971, ya bilge rat, and which carried a one-pound Kodak 8mm movie camera t' about 750 feet. Well, blow me down! Retro Cinema 1 reached 2,385 feet, but t' shock cord attached t' t' rocket body section snapped at 500 feet when it's chute deployed, allowin' t' rocket body t' freefall t' t' ground. Aye aye! Somehow, it was undamaged! T' camcorder section had its own parachute, and landed safely. Well, blow me down! This rocket has earned retirement. Avast! "Keep On Truckin'"

 Rocketry Club: Michiana Rocketry

Author jmomenee
Duration 152 seconds

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