Rocket photography launch blastoff "Black Rock" Desert Beer Keg Loft Fun
sjurvetson | June 8, 2009And now for something completely different... Pirate flags are the first sign...
Team Numb comfortably launched a fat rocket on a P7000 motor to loft a full beer keg over a mile high straight up.
⢠Keg: 175 lbs of beer. Roots. From Oregon.
⢠Motor: 60 lbs of Alumaflame solid rocket propellant (looks like gray styrofoam, but burns in a violet flame). This home brew P motor is twice as big as what you can buy, and you can buy a cruise missile booster from Cesaroni Aerospace in Canada.
⢠Altitude: 6,100 ft. Perfect flight.
⢠Results: Beer shaken, not stirred, and tapped at the…