Backglider

[rockets-in-brighton]

I finally got hold of the video that was made at the Water Rocket School event I took part in last year. There isn't much on it but I thought you might be interested in some footage of the 2L backgliding recovery rocket that I flew in the demonstration.

The rocket has a 22mm nozzle, dry weight is 150g, launched at 6 BAR.

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[WTF]

That was cool! I have not seen many rockets that do that.

[afi1014]

nice....
but for a backgliding rocket its sure go down fast

[U.S. Water Rockets1]

nice....
but for a backgliding rocket its sure go down fast

Our backglider rockets often came down a lot faster... we used FTC tubes for ours so they were much thinner so they had less drag.

Of course they also came down even faster when a wind gust upset the balance and they transitioned back into normal flight attitude.