Coz I'm a Rocketgirl..

[Poita (Peter)]

Just a quick pic of my girls launching some rockets yesterday. They love rocketry and are currently working on a 3 stage monster.

[bartman (Bart)]

Whoah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well wicked!!!!

Bartman

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Awesome.

[h0ughy (David)]

cool stuff

[koputai (Jason)]

Lots of parachute hungry trees around that launch pad by the look of it Peter!

[Poita (Peter)]

There certainly was, but it is the widest open space we have.

They went a lot higher than our estimate too, the chute landed over 400 metres away.

Interestingly both launches landed within 5 metres of each other, with two different rocket designs.

My older girl did the maths on calculating the height reached as well which is a great exercise (and a good use of a butchered protractor). We forgot to time it to calculate the kph though.

[Poita (Peter)]

A launchpad view of the launch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_gqe0SEJEE

[Jeffkop (Jeff)]

Love the launchpad view ... great stuff !!!

[Ric]

That was cool, the video looked great.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Very cool. You're lucky to have girls with such cool hobbies/interests.

[RickS (Rick)]

Great stuff! Looking forward to the three stage version.

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

Brilliant!

(Now I know what I want for Christmas.)

[stardust steve (Steve)]

What a great project to involve the kids with. My kids would love this especially my nearly 3yo boy. He has an obsession with "space wockets"

[niko]

what is that wide expanse of blue behind them....?

It can't be the sky because it is a grey colour

[silv (Annette)]

niko

spectacular!

[Poita (Peter)]

Originally Posted by stardust steve

What a great project to involve the kids with. My kids would love this especially my nearly 3yo boy. He has an obsession with "space wockets"

It is a lot of fun, and for younger kids there are a variety of cheap ready-to-fly rockets.

Just google ESTES or search for ESTES on ebay.

[Miaplacidus (Brian)]

Can you buy those sorts of things and have them come from overseas? I'm surprised. You can't even get firecrackers in most states now.

[erick (Eric)]

I could become interested?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPttQmTRC38

(OK, I know these are just the fireworks version)

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by erick

I could become interested?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPttQmTRC38

(OK, I know these are just the fireworks version)

You're a wicked man. ........... Fireworks indeed.

[pmrid (Peter)]

Originally Posted by Poita

Just a quick pic of my girls launching some rockets yesterday. They love rocketry and are currently working on a 3 stage monster.

Snazzy rocket - a big improvement on the old bicycle pump rockets I made as a kid. But looks like just as much fun. Good on you for encouraging them.
Peter