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SOM4 Launch 1998 (Page 1) Madness Project |
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 Mike Nehez looks on as Dave Fountain steadies "Madness 1" |
 Off to the pad (notice that Rocket owner -Doyle Tatum doesn't have to carry his own rocket!) Madness 1 = 8 feet tall, 7.51" diameter, 20 lbs with motor. |
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 Jamie Jenkins looks on as the rocket is carefully slid onto the 1/2" rod. |
 Final pad adjustments |
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 J350 Blastoff - estimated 800' |
 This picture is not upside down. The J350 malfunctioned (burned around the spiral in the delay grain) and burned up through the rocket, ejecting a chute on the way up! |
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 At about 400' the rocket stopped and the other chute was pulled out. They are tangled here but they unraveled on the decent. |
 Hard to see through it's own smoke, but if you look carefully you can see the two sections, landing unharmed, near the pads. |
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