Glider Recovery (as intended) |
This Squashed Balloon is an
interesting deployment method for water rockets. The pressure inside the lower smaller
diameter soft drink container expands its walls preventing the ballon from separating the
containers until the thrust phase is complete. |
| Helicopter Attached -
"The rocket took off pretty straight, then canted into the wind, pretty much like my
Shuttle does. It cruised into the wind, and only began to arc over when the D12-3 ejected.
The helo ejected as advertised, and the chute opened on the rocket. The rotors also
snapped open quite nicely. Unfortunately, I had not built any dihedral into the rotors, so
even though the helo autogyroed perfectly, it autogyroed to a soft landing upside
down!" |
Mashed Potatoes Method
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| Alien Encounters Retrieval of a helecopter
recovery
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Cal Poly project coming down via RC
controlled para-sail recovery.
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The ever popular but dreaded "confetti recovery" is the result of pushing the airframe beyond the limits of its structural integrity  |
Earthworm recovery
Note for future reference: Cardboard rockets don't make very good pogo sticks.
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