Comments on: Largest Ever Model Rocket Launched

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:12:05 +0000

Excellent subject

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:43:08 +0000

Or maybe they had a budget.

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:05:54 +0000

Very impressive, but with 8 N engines and a central P engine and the thing only got to 4000'? That thing is far, far more powerful than many of the early sounding rockets which got to 40 miles altitude.

I guess they were going for aethetics, not pure performance.

By: ted

ted — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:49:41 +0000

If it were dick thing, DaveL, it would have been kind of embarrassing. He only got about halfway, then stopped.

Cool that it landed upright like that. Must have had a really heavy bottom.

That's some expensive hobby, I bet.

By: Robolasse

Robolasse — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:25:03 +0000

A model rocket? That's a V2!

By: DaveL

DaveL — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:21:57 +0000

If ever it were a dick thing...

By: jonathan

jonathan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:24:01 +0000

lol @Foreigner1

By: chief

chief — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:54:14 +0000

This reminds me of the end of Koyaansqatsi.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:59:24 +0000

I wish I would have been there...so awesome! Pretty good camerawork, too. Hmm, maybe I was there.

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:52:44 +0000

@Dalucero - At the point that you can call it a complete replica. A model has less copied details than the original. If I saw correctly, this model ony fired its 1st stage? And it has a standard model-grade solid fuel engine?

I know that where I live, you need permission for even far smaller rockets. This mastodont would never get permission to even be built up, let alone that it also would be launched...

By: Foreigner1

Foreigner1 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:31:39 +0000

Yeah North Korea eat your heart out!!!

By: dalucero

dalucero — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:05:02 +0000

I know right? At what point do you take the word 'model' off the front of 'rocket'? I wonder if he had to get any sort of clearance or notify anyone to launch something that big.

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:55:19 +0000

Model rocket?!? That's a land to air missile!! Pretty impressive. I'm just looking at the cars in the background, wondering how many of them almost swerved off the road when the rocket took off. Not something you see everyday!

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:44:24 +0000

Great stuff - but I was expecting a stage-separation!

Loved the parachutes - they were just the colour I remember from all those years ago. Except I must have seen it in black and white. Odd how the memory plays tricks.