I'm watching the UK-U of L football game on ESPN and Evergreen Investments has an TV ad that shows a model rocket with its parachute out orbitng the earth.....then it pans to a father and son looking up at it with an estes launch pad next to them .. with the voice over: performance exceeds expectations.. now thats a positive neat commercial!
shockie B)
Yeah, but how did they get the chute to deploy without the nose cone popping off?
Sweet -- a commercial that actually uses model rocketry in a positive, though humorous way. Usually when model rockets are used in commercials it's more like a Wile E. Coyote cartoon, with the model wreaking havoc and destruction.
Rear-ejection, with a cord tied to the top of the nosecone...? :-)
The rocket was so well constructed, so well balanced, the ejection charge was so perfect.....that the nosecone popped off, and the shockcord snapped it right back into place!
:o)
In space, no one can hear you scream.
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