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Brian was telling me this morning about a presentation by Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association (MDRA) last night at the local Civil Air Patrol. It featured a film of MDRA's latest rocket launch: Liberty. For a sense of scale, Liberty weighs over 1300 pounds. Plenty of great photos in the gallery.
Interesting details on other projects in the newsletter.
Darren flew his Monster manic powered by an OPL M-2000. That was all well and good. The rocket flew, the rocket was recovered, Blah Blah Blah! We have seen this a million times. What was really outstanding was Darrenís introduction of the ěThermite Ignition Systemî. While I am not going into great detail as to what it is I will say what it does. It lights the motor instantaneously. When I pressed the button I had not even finished depressing the button and the rocket had left the pad. There was none of the usual ramp up, smoke, wisps of smoke and finally thrust. It is instant thrust. Let me think what kind of a cluster might we want to light with this new found treasure?