May 22, 2012 
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Fifth Form have been building rockets out of snips and snails and puppy dog tails.
They fly quite well though…
Other rocket related shenanigans can be viewed at…
http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/weve-been-building-rockets/
http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/2n-fire-rockets/
http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/hydrocarbon-explosions/
http://sfscience.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/science-is-fantastic/
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mine was clearly beter than those
it flew out of sight
Only using A and B engines so far!
what did we use when we got it really high
and whose was the one that was found in oxford
C engines are the largest of the small diameter engines that we used. I can’t remember whose rocket ended up being found by Mrs Nicholl in Summertown. We fired our first ‘cluster rocket’ today. Three B engines connected with quickmatch (string made from gunpowder) and ignited simultaneously. It went well so we are going to try again with three C engines.
How did the c cluster go? I’ve taken a C6:7 to 760 metres but i dread to think how high a cluster of Cs would have gone……assuming the rocket didnt cg/cp mismatch :/
It was a very heavy machine so it didn’t go very far but it was noisy and smokey and generally wonderful!
HCTR – an old student of urs here!! discovered you on twitter the other day and just wondered if you’d like to catch up. i think it has been a while!
My Batman rocket was the best. Period.
Your bat design was the stuff of legend but these guys have produced some very original ideas.
But mine had curved wings! Curved I tell you!
very fun sir