Black Dragon
18" Diameter -- 26' Tall -- 375 lbs at Liftoff
Flown in West Palm Beach with Tripoli West Palm on 2/18/08
Powered by a DEAP 6 -- P-11,000 (100%P)
producing 2400 lbs of Thrust for 8 seconds
propelling the Dragon to 13,100'
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Special Thanks go to:
Kevin Smith and family for their generous financial support
Bret Ranc for taking on the heavy lifting and keeping me sane
Dan Ciek for tireless efforts to ensure success
Guy Kress for making an amazing launch pad
Paul Weisinger for making sure the pad got there
Hudson McDougall and Mike Kirk for graphics support
Greg Maybach for many photos including the great liftoff shot
Everyone at Syntheon for putting up with endless stories about the rocket
Al Bychek and Rick Boyette for coordinating a great launch event
and of course...
My wife Lesley for incredible moral support
Hudson, Bret, Lesley, Mike, Max, Matt, Kevin, Derek, Dan, Carlos, Greg, Korey
The tail cone doing its job absorbing energy to protect the motor
Dragging through the mud
Forward and aft components
Test run of the pad with its creator Guy Kress checking it out
Little Children or Giant Rocket? ....... Both
The protest that caused a massive delay in getting the pad and much of the team to the site
