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TOGinator
Featured in the EMRR 2009 rockets calendar
Futuristic 7ft tall rocket
flown on large clusters of 20 to 30 engines 4
inch diameter body 18 inch wingspan
Flight
weight up to 15 pounds |
Page 1: build
and flight 1 (April 2008)
Page 2: rebuild and flight 2 (Oct. 2008)
Page 3: flights 3-5 (2009-2010)
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TOGinator flight 4 11/21/09 CMASS Amesbury, MA
Click on any picture to enlarge
Very cool onboard flight video with slow
motion replay - 25 engines fired (10MB)
Same onboard video, cleaner image,
but no slow motion replay (11MB Quicktime) |
Prepped with 30 motors, creating a J impulse cluster:
1x CTI/AMW H255 29mm 6gr blue
2x AT G71 Redlines
2x AT E15 White
25x Estes D11-P
Used combination parallel and series
Rocketflite MF ematches dipped in ML pyrogen for all motors except H255
which was fired by Rocketflite ML igniter. Also used MF ematches for
ejection charges. |
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Great liftoff on 25 motors. Excellent visual effect.
2x E15 and 3x D11 not fired. Excellent onboard video.
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Clean dual deploy recovery after flying to 1120 ft.
Paul showing the business end of the rocket after flight. |
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TOGinator flight 3 8/15/09
NERRF 6 Pine Island, NY |
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Prepped with 30 motors, creating a J impulse cluster:
1x CTI/AMW I-236 38mm 3gr blue
2x AT G71 Redlines
2x AT E15 White
25x Estes D11-P
Used combination parallel and series
Rocketflite MF ematches for all motors except I-236 which was fired by dual
CTI ematches.
Also used MF ematches for ejection charges. |
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Fired I-236 Blue, 1x G71 Red, 1x E15 White and 19x D11
quickly on pad.
Second G71 fired late, as can be seen in last picture, taken 2 seconds into
the flight.
Second E15 CATOed on pad. Flight arced over to one side but was safe.
Clean dual deploy recovery from 1248 ft. 14.4 lbs at liftoff.
Temperatures in the 90's caused tape to not adhere
well, allowing some ematches to slip out of place prior to launch.
Onboard
video camera shut itself off before flight. |
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The TOGinator will fly again in 2010! |
