Steve Jurvetson
@FutureJurvetson
Speaking of speed…. one of the extreme home-brew rockers at BALLS this past weekend. I have never seen an airframe undress like that — the binder melted and the carbon fiber bunched down by the fins. Almost Mach 5.
Thomas Booska@thomasbooska · Oct 2Last weekend at Black Rock (BALLS 34), I flew my (near)-hypersonic homebuilt experimental 54mm rocket to Mach 4.96 (5372 fps)! To my knowledge, this is the fastest single-stage rocket ever flown and fully recovered by any amateur, among other records in student rocketry.
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