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Colossus I Flight
The real flight here was the people ducking for cover. Colossus went OK at first, then something...
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Sunset on IRW 2003 & Colossus I
Always nice to finish on a sunset Looking across the firth of Clyde to Great Comrie
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Retrieve Self
Not Quite Finished
I still had to retrieve the rope, which was much quicker than installing it.
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Its a Wrap
"The best laid schemes o'mice and men" The problem soon becomes apparent. I had angled...
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Fracture
Lets have a look at all the pieces and do the forensics. A brittle fracture due to shock rether than burn through, hmm! Note the angled motors.
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
String on Rope Launch Pad
The rocket was hoisted to the vertical on a string attached via a pulley to 80m of climbing rope, one...
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Colossus I Tripod / Shute Pod
Goliath had all the motors at the top of the tripod, but that is a lot of weight at the top especially...
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Colossus I First Stage Motors
The rocket was spinning very fast even before taking off, it wrapped the string round itself and so...
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
Colossus I Shute
So it did not work as intended, but what was meant to be a one & a half stage rocket broke in mid...
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Uploaded on Nov 26, 2009
The Flying Fox rocket (during)
The Flying Fox rocket (before)
The first version of the Flying Fox Rocket was a pain to recover since the far end is so high. More...
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
Skyrocket
Model rocket at Rocketfest 1/8 sec intervals show the evolution of the ~2 sec burn.
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
Swing Testing for Stability
Like an arrow or weather cock, a rocket should point into the wind going past it. To swing test your...
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
Goliath Take Off - WOW! Factor 3
At International Rocket Week 2002 near Glasgow, Scotland, Goliath was launched by the Warp factor...
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
Goliath on the Pad
At last he is vertical, and 25 feet (7.62m) tall rather than long.
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
David Take Off - WOW! Factor 2
At International Rocket Week 2002 near Glasgow, Scotland, David was launched. 16 feet tall, motors at...
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
Goliath on the way to Vertical
The Warp(ed) Factor team take Goliath from horizontal to vertical, using a long carbon fibre tent pole and judicious use of inertia.
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Uploaded on Nov 24, 2009
David & Goliath
Colossus I
Colossus II
International Rocket Week
Rocketfest
Big Flexible Rockets (BFRs)
