Rocket Photos

 

Mock up of how the final K3 rocket was going to look.  All held together with PVC tape.

General view of the electronics bay.  None of the expensive bits are in there yet.

ARRD attached to the end of the ebay bulkhead.

Electronics bay with a view of the ADEPT ALTS2-50k

A very reliable altimeter at a great price.  You are going to have to find a dealer to ship this to you if you live outside the USA.  He won’t ship internationally.  I used Ron at  BlackDogRocketry.com to ship mine.  The service from Ron was great and he consolidated all my shipping for me.

MARSA4 flight computer.  This is really easy to program.  It can all be done using the onboard LCD screen and multifunction switch.  Too big for really small projects but great for everything else.

This is what happens to a slide switch from a plough into a field.  Complete disassembly.  The ALTS2 and MARSA4 both completely survived.

The spiral woung G10 tube had very little damage for something that had absorbed enough energy to take a 6 inch core sample of very hard clay soil.  The end was cut off and it was flown again that day.

L1 Certification at Serpentine 2012

L2 certification on a RattWorks K240 at Serpentine April 2012

The K3 in its form for the certification flight.  The big heavy fin can was designed to keep the altitude low.  Still got to 9000 ft though.  Not bad.

This is what roofracks were made for….

The Williams L3 Tattoo.  Thanks Dave.

Thanks to Blake and Dave for being certification TAPs at short notice.

The next Stage was to Launch Karls ashes.  No pressure then………

100,000 ft or bust………. (this will only do 50,000 ft without the longer oxidiser tank. It’ll do for a quick test……..