The Arctic Bay Rocket Program suffered a major set back this evening, as what goes up apparently doesn't always come down.
Travis, Hilary and I went out to fire the rocket one time this evening, saving the rest of the motors for when more people could join us. Although the winds were calm, it was snowing somewhat reducing visibility. I followed it up, but was momentarily distracted by Hilary screaming (for some inexplicable reason the launch scared her this time). When I looked back up, expecting to see a bright yellow parachute, all I saw was falling snow.
A search party was organized, but failed to find the (mostly) white rocket on the (mostly) white ground. This may be the last known photograph of it, sadly.
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Best to learn these lessons while you’re still experimenting with unmaned flight. 🙂
Did I say it was un-manned?
Kia ora Clare,
I did see an unidentified object flying over New Zealand, I wonder……
Cheers,
Robb
Allegedly the US military moved from Defcon 1 to Defcon 2 last night, coincedence?
Oh yes, “lost it”. Uh huh.
I’ll let you know if something explodes in Iqaluit later today.
I think I’d need at least a couple of stages to reach New Zealand, even by the Polar route.
Um, yeah, its purely a coincidence Alan. One thing about 24 hour light though is it makes the Black Helicopters difficult to operate.
No really, lost it. And I thought you wanted it aimed at Newfoundland, not Iqaluit.
So sorry for your loss, Clare. At least you got a cute picture of it. Perhaps the next rocket will be red? 😉
Yeah, the nose cone is supposed to be painted red, but model paint is a little hard to come by up here. The parachute is bright yellow and should be easy to spot though. Lesson learned I guess.