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Sport Rocketry / Rockets / Heavenly Hobbies Rockets / Backdraft The Backdraft is probably the most unique rocket kit I've built. The rocket boosts on a short delay motor, ejects the booster unit, the upper section comes in ballistic and, if all goes as planned, a fuse-activated retro motor slows the rocket and deploys the 'chute. It's flown three times on E9-4/C11-3 motors. On the first flight, the retro rocket went off at a high altitude. On the second flight, it went off really low and scared the hell out of the NARAM-50 contest range. I thought... [Read More]
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