From the University of Alabama-Huntsville (scroll to the bottom)

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: ToSeek on 2002-04-10 12:57 ]</font>

Dang--the video would take 42 minutes to download with my 56K modem. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img]

Anyway, so they got it UP, but what did it look like when it came back DOWN again? [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

[fall down go boom]

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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Jigsaw on 2002-04-10 20:35 ]</font>

I finally managed to download the video (anyone who's ever launched model rockets would find the scene familiar). It seems to land in one piece, though the parachute probably helps a lot.

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Standard model rocket parachute recovery where the nose comes completely off. Not for human use. Possibly one way launches of payloads. (satelites, etc.)

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Cool concept, but something tells me that it wouldn't have the strength/weight ratio of some more conventional materials would.

It's entertaining to see that someone actually built it, tho! [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

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I won't live long enough to download the video, but I get the impression they built the airframe from concrete, and the propulsion is delivered by a commercial high-powered model rocket motor. Anybody know for sure?

DSL is a blessing.

Why did they create a launch video file with sound (when the "comentary" is not useful). Stereo sound no less....

the file could be a third the size it is...

It certainly looks like your standard model rocket launch - the stand in particular looks like something you'd get straight from Estes.

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Here's the home page for the concrete rocket:

Student Launch Initiative

Interesting stuff, even if the Webmaster Seems To Think That Every Word Should Be Capitalized.

The motor, according to the site, is a HyperTEK Armageddon M - evidently quite a few notches up from the Estes class A, B, and C motors I grew up with.

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