wednesday 27 th of July I will launch my rocket RKT1. Live streaming from launch site 'Loonse en Drunense heide' will be avalaible here..estimated time of launch 15:00 local time. for last information check my facebook account. Kudo's to Jose Krijnen for taking the pics!

update: 03/08/2011

I added a little movie of the launch, it's the last thumb..

 

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RKT1's electronic systems and software code being tested a day before the launch

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unfortunatly no onscreen fancy graphics during the live stream

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preparing the parachutes

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Carefully carrying the armed missile to the launch site

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pressurizing the rocket

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lift-off...Yeay!  In the rush to launch before the rain would start I didn't check my checklist and forgot to clean the sand from the launch mechanism.. it jammed and I had to launch by hand..dangerously close to the blast zone!

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Because I had to launch by hand I accindently broke the release system for the big parachute which was at the bottom of the rocket.. but fortunatly the small parachute did function..

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when RKT1 hit the ground the big parachute popped out and towed the rocket several hundreds meters..this actually caused the only damage to the rocket

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and was not caused byu the landing itself but caused by the parachute dragging the rocket away over the sandplane.

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after the slideshow there's some actual footage...