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Lady Rocket (Tale of the Cat) and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. win the Go For Wand (Gr III) at Aqueduct Racetrack 12/4/21. Trainer: Brad Cox. Owner: Frank Fletcher Racing & Ten Strike Racing
This little rocket works by pumping air into a bottle with a bit of water in it. When the pressure gets high enough, it pops a bung out the bottom and the air pushes the water out, thrusting the rocket upward. || taken February 7, 2018 with Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM at 67, ¹⁄₁₆₀ sec at f/4.0 with 0 EV, ISO 1000 || Copyright 2011 Stephen T. Shankland
Near Boron, CA. These are test silos for jet, missile, and giant rocket engines. They would light up the night.
Generally one launches model rockets during the day, because finding a rocket at night would be tricky.
Solution: put LEDs on it and light it up like a disco ball.
Most people roll their own night launch rockets but one company does make kits... The kits are horrific though, with missing parts, broken parts, terrible instructions, instructions that are flat out wrong, etc. My dad had one so he "let" me build it.
15 yellow LEDs in three sets of five that light up in a chase pattern down the sides of the rocket.
Three flashy yellow and blue LEDs, one pair at the base of each fin (the white tabs are there so they don't light up.
Three AAAA batteries (thats quadruple A) handle the 15 LEDs in the body while a pair of watch batteries sit in each tube above the fin lights.
The decals were just lying around, but since they were shiny and reflective, I added them too. The next night launch is in March.
The basic frame. PVC pipe, 3/4" for the verticals and control arms, 1/2" for the horizontals and control grips. The control arms are attached with fittings called "snap saddle tees". They will enable the arms to swing in and out. I also hope they'll act as a breakaway if it gets dropped, stepped on, etc. If the arm comes off at the T, it just snaps back on.
Rocket at The Paradise in Boston, MA on March 27, 2007/Please do not reproduce without permission, contact me at mary@theywillrockyou.com for more info.