[TheForge] first fire

[Jerry Frost]

Very cool Bob.

Isn't gravity and planet earth adequate for recovery? 
Maybe they're just lousy aims and keep losing balls?

Regardless I'd think it's a step up from a trebouche. 
Of course I'm not standing down range; wherever that 
may be. <grin>

Frosty
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From: "Bob Brashear" <rjbrash at hutman.net>


>
> Go to
>
> http://www.pad17.com/movies/motortests/8-14-05-launch-3.mpg
>
> It's a large mpg. The corkscrew happened at 1000 feet 
> when the rocket hit a wind shear. Showed up nicely on 
> the telemetry. We were shooting for 16,000 feet and 
> Mach 1.4 according to the sims.
>
> As to anvil launching ... there is a rocketry group 
> that launches 16 pound bowling balls annually as a 
> competition. A tad scary as these guys have a rep for 
> iffy recovery systems.
>
> Just got in from 4 hours of forging. Draw and taper. 
> and again and again and again ...
>
> I love it.
>
> Bob
>