Stealth Rocket, CATO Launch Event, July 21, 2018

This is a 9-foot tall high-power model rocket made from 1/4-inch thick pink sheet foam insulation purchased at Home Depot. T' motor is a Cesaroni I55-9A (Mellow) with a 7-second burn. Avast! T' body tube cross-section is triangle-shaped rather than round and 8 inches wide on each side. Arrr! T' foam sections are held together with clear packagin' tape. Avast, me proud beauty! T' 3 tail fins are essentially 10-inch long sections o' triangular body tube attached parallel and t' t' end o' t' main body tube. Arrr! T' nose cone is triangular like a 3-sided pyramid. Painted black and havin' all triangular features, this rocket is very stealthy looking, arrr, hence t' name “Stealth”. Estimated altitude was 1200 feet. It only had an 18-inch chute but a strong wind blew it out o' t' park into a thick wooded area and it was lost on its maiden flight at t' CATO Launch event in Durham CT on July 21, 2018.

 Rocketry Club: CATO Rocketry Club

Author Edward Lakatos
Duration 86 seconds

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