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Rocket Record: The Largest, Heaviest Amateur Rocket Ever Launched
Popular Mechanics ^
| 4/28/2009
| Locomotive Breath
Posted on 04/28/2009 3:28:41 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
Steve Eves broke two world records Saturday, when his 1/10th scale model of the historic rocket—built in his garage near Akron, Ohio—lifted off from a field on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The 36-ft.-tall rocket was the largest amateur rocket ever launched and recovered successfully—and at 1648 pounds, also the heaviest. Eves' single-stage behemoth was powered by nine motors—eight 13,000 Newton-second N-Class motors and a 77,000 Newton-second P-Class motor. (Five Newton-seconds is equivalent to about a pound of thrust.) All told, the array generated enough force to chuck a Volkswagen more than a half-mile—and sent the Saturn V more than 4440 feet straight up. It was arguably the most audacious display of raw power ever generated by an amateur rocket.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: banglist; modelrocketry
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youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwzg
To: Locomotive Breath
To: Locomotive Breath
I used to do rocketry but they kept exploding. I found out if you fill them with gunpowder and glue the nosecone on they tend to do that.
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:31:50 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Locomotive Breath
Impressive
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:39:55 PM PDT
by
iowamark
(certified by Michael Steele as "ugly and incendiary")
To: Locomotive Breath
From the Wright Brothers to Neil Armstrong, it never ceases to amaze me how much Ohioans want to get off the Earth.
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posted on
04/28/2009 3:59:55 PM PDT
by
Paul Heinzman
(Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive. --William F. Buckley Jr)
To: Paul Heinzman
"From the Wright Brothers to Neil Armstrong, it never ceases to amaze me how much Ohioans want to get off the Earth."
LOL! Indeed. I'm an Ohio transplant living in Michigan. And I've never wanted off this 0bama-loving rock more than I do now. I'll take a cave on an asteroid.
To: Locomotive Breath
Very Cool!
Next thing to try is a man with a parachute inside the rocket...they could sell tickets!
Coming to a Six Flags near you!
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posted on
04/28/2009 4:32:43 PM PDT
by
NYTexan
To: LiberConservative
You could be like this guy was int The Twilight Zone:
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posted on
04/28/2009 5:10:37 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(ON 1-19-09 GAS WAS, ON AVERAGE IN MEMPHIS, $1.43 A GALLON.)
To: Locomotive Breath
Put a person in it next time!
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posted on
04/28/2009 5:13:59 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.")
To: alfa6; Samwise
To: Paul Heinzman
Well, if I lived in Akron...
To: SIDENET
Put a person in it next time! Let's have a poll....
Baraq
Nancy
Harry
To: nascarnation
Don’t be so darn cheep! Put em all in it and light the fuse!
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posted on
04/28/2009 5:31:49 PM PDT
by
An Old Man
(Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, or Do without.)
To: KevinDavis; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Saturn V replica. My own moment of silence for the late Robert Compton.
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posted on
04/28/2009 5:34:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Professional Engineer; Samwise
The video is pretty impressive!!!
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
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posted on
04/28/2009 5:47:38 PM PDT
by
alfa6
To: alfa6; Professional Engineer
Hubby says that he saw that rocket at the RC show in Toledo. It was so tall they had to lean it at an angle to fit in the building.
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posted on
04/28/2009 6:20:59 PM PDT
by
Samwise
("Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.")
To: Paul Heinzman
Cleveland, it’s like a whole other world
TT
To: Locomotive Breath
I would let this guy work on my car anytime.
To: Locomotive Breath
Somebody call this guy.
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posted on
04/28/2009 9:10:57 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Iron Maiden's gonna get ya, no matter how far!)
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