McComb Family

Bret and Adam have spent the past week building and painting "Big Betty" the rocket. Today was the first launch attempt. It went fairly successfully, but the parachute got stuck to the inside of the cone from a little wayward paint which meant it didn't deploy for the landing. That turned out to be a good thing, as there was quite a bit of wind, but one fin got damaged during the landing. They did a quick fix when we got home and are ready for their next launch -- hopefully when there is less wind!!

Posted in: on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at at 8:34 PM