Mostly Madness, Happy 4th of July.
Lionel, Sam and I built and launched more rockets after YA on last saturday. Lots of crazy fun firing them off at night, especially the loud bangs. Here's the updated table of the rockets so far.
| Rocket Name | Date of Construction | Rocket Type | Date of Launch | Status |
| unnamed | Friday, 13 June 08 | 3 Stick, Aluminium Foil Bundle, No Nozzle | Friday, 13 June 08 | Successful Failure, Flew but disintegrated, resulted in burn injury to self. |
| unnamed | Friday, 13 June 08 | 4 Stick, Aluminium Foil Bundle, No Nozzle | Saturday, 14 June 08 | Failure, Did not launch, awesome burning. |
| Pioneer I | Sunday, 15 June 08 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Monday, 16 June 08 | Complete Success, Successful launch. Rocket was not found. |
| Pioneer II | Monday, 16 June 08 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Wednesday, 25 June 08 | Complete Success, Perfect Launch. Rocket was not found |
| Pioneer III | Monday, 16 June 08 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Saturday, 28 June 08 | Partial Success, Good launch although rocket fragmented in mid-air into a few pieces. |
| Exodus I | 21 – 22 June 2008 | 16cm Cardboard Cylinder, 8 Stick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Saturday, 28 June 08 | Failure, Resulted in massive explosion and shockwave following hull rupture. |
| Pioneer IV | 26/27 June 2008 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Saturday, 28 June 08 | Uncomfirmed, Lound bang and rocket disappeared. Possible launch or explosion. |
| Pioneer V | 26/27 June 2008 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Saturday, 28 June 08 | Uncomfirmed, Lound bang and rocket disappeared. Possible launch or explosion. |
| The Sam Rocket | Saturday, 28 June 08 | 9cm Cardboard Cylinder, 19 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Saturday, 28 June 08 | Partial success, Launched with many colorful trails, lost stability in midair and starting spinning. |
| Feeder I | Saturday, 28 June 08 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Crimp Ring Nozzle | Saturday, 28 June 08 | Failure, Rocket was a dud. |
| X-S1 | Friday, July 04, 2008 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, T-Pressed Nozzle | N.A. | To be Launched |
| X-S2 | Friday, July 04, 2008 | 8cm Cardboard Cylinder, 7 HalfStick, Open Uncrimped Nozzle | N.A. | To be Launched |
A few awesome videos to accompany the text...
Exodus I, Exploding with a huge bang.
The Sam Rocket, which was the last rocket we let off, concluding the night's events in a finale shower of sparks. 4th of July comes early!
Speaking of which, today is 4th JULY! To commerate this wonderful occasion, which I have absolutely no part of and does not involve me :\, I intend to launch off the two experimental rockets I made today, X-S1 and X-S2. But the red rocket's glare always brings a wonderful feeling to us all, doesn't it :D
| HCH - 4:37 PM |