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Originally Posted by Way Out There 2
As a kid I built an Estes "Scout" model. It didn't have a parachute and was recovered by tumbling back down to earth once the engines ejector charge went off and shifted half way out the rocket, making it unbalanced. It worked as intended, a few times. On its final voyage, the engine did not eject, it stayed in tight. I then heard this loud whistling, it was coming straight down, FAST. It buried itself in the ground as I ran away.  |
its cool to see as a kid you unknowingly learned about thrust and gravity all in the matter of minutes on your own.. if only we empowered kids to continue thinking like that now we might have the future generations of engineers already being groomed