Jerry-rigged pyro

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Jerry-rigged pyro

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This morning I slapped some fins on a cardboard tube with hot melt glue and added a paper nose cone. Here's the launch. It was snowing out and I wasn't using a great camera at the time so it is not great but still cool.
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Re: Jerry-rigged pyro

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Water Rocket Expert wrote:This morning I slapped some fins on a cardboard tube with hot melt glue and added a paper nose cone. Here's the launch. It was snowing out and I wasn't using a great camera at the time so it is not great but still cool.

Cool, wonder why it recorded sideways on you.
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O that is because I wanted to get more of the rocket in the camera.
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Re: Jerry-rigged pyro

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It was a C6-5
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Water Rocket Expert wrote:It was a C6-5
I lost every rocket I launched with a C motor.
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I didn't care if I lost it.
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