Rockets Launched (and Lost)

The Maker Club chose the windiest possible day for the rocket launch. The rockets flew, of course, but they didn't return.

It started with Mini's light weight rocket and a C engine. We lost visual contact when the rocket reached the cloud layer.

The rocket shown on the launch pad is (was) a two stage rocket. Unfortunately, we didn't have any zero-delay engines. The first stage lifted the rocket just fine. It's delayed charge allowed the rocket tipped over first, before the charge fired to ignite the second state. That second stage then fired the rocket downward into a nearby neighborhood.

The team's search and rescue operation met with failure after many minutes and at least one scaled fence.

Here's another launch that didn't impress: