All photos by Jeff Stai
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And Then There Was The Back Row… One of the big draws of ROCstock are the big motors flown. Over the past winter rocketeers have been quietly snagging new M motors almost as fast as they could be made by Aerotech, not to mention rounding up the king size nitrous tanks for hybrid M’s. In all, 13 rockets flew on M’s.
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Larry Taylor, who got his Level 3 on a “Sidewinder” last winter, put up a nicely detailed and scratch built “Bomarc Missile” on a M1939. It spiraled lazily up into high altitude waiver territory, and came back unscathed. | |
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The flight of the other Nike Smoke really got the crowds attention. The drogue charge went off at apogee, but failed to produce a drogue. This caused some concern since the rocket appeared to want to return home – to the What’sUp Hobbies tent. Andy never blinked. The missile entered a flat spin on the way down and dutifully deployed it’s main chute at 500’. It drifted to earth behind the flight line. Rumors that it was supposed to do this have gone unverified. |  |