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. Avast! T' motor is a Cesaroni I55-9A (Mellow) with a 7-second burn. Well, blow me down! T' body tube cross-section is triangle-shaped rather than round and 8 inches wide on each side. T' foam sections are held together with clear packagin' tape. 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. T' nose cone is triangular like a 3-sided pyramid. Begad! Painted black and havin' all triangular features, arrr, this rocket is very stealthy looking, hence t' name “Stealth”. Avast! Estimated altitude was 1200 feet. Aye aye! 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, shiver me timbers, 2018.

 Rocketry Club: CATO Rocketry Club

Author Edward Lakatos
Duration 86 seconds

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