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| The Addicted 2 Jesus Rocket was a project that evolved out of my Astrocam launch at a Vacation Bible School in 1995. The Astrocam became a good excuse to start building rockets again. The Addicted 2 Jesus is a BT-55 diameter 2-stage rocket that has a three engine cluster in the booster. Two 13mm motors in side pods deploy streamers after the core motor (C6-0) ignites the upper stage. The fins on both stages are canted to produce a spin. I did this primarily to compensate for possible incomplete cluster ignition. The model has flown only once, and it was a complete success; it was one of the most impressive sport flights I have seen--beautiful slow spin, vertical trajectory, and perfect staging. I'll launch it again one of these days--probably when my friend Jeff Dull (on the left in the center photo) is in town; he was there at the first flight for ground support. He liked the model so much that I built him a downscaled version as a Christmas present, the Addicted 2 Jesus II--it has not flown as of yet. | ||