We had a great launch last night.
It was great to have most of the O family join us for the launch. Mrs O won the riddle contest. Congratulations, Mrs O!
The weather was great. Clear and no wind. My latest mods to my home designed and built rocket were successful. The rocket flew almost 2000 feet, I think. My Pop says it was about 1800. It was neat because when the rocket entered the coast phase at about 1500 feet, it did a nice, single corkscrew up to apogee.
I need to change one more thing, though. I need to put a streamer recovery system in the rocket, because the rocket falls nose down as fast as a missile, and the nosecone buries itself halfway into the ground. That kind of descent is a little bit dangerous, so I'll make it safer.
We held our post launch debriefing at the Dairy Queen. DQ is a great place to discuss flight dynamics. We'll have to do that again.
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Big Z,
Nice description of the day's events. Sorry that I missed it. It sounds like your analysis of what your rocket needs will work. A screaming missle, coming out of the blue, is very dangerous. A little drag will work wonders.
You're right about the DQ debrief. Pondering flight dynamics over a delicious, 27 degree(saw that on a DQ special) ice cream treat, is always a nice way to end the day.
Mr. O
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