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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Derek Deville Qu8k

I'm usually a low power guy (Es and Fs were high power once, right?) but hold great respect for high power rocketry, especially when it is so well done. Check out the videos and website listed below.

Derek Deville posted his attempt at the Carmack Prize at BALLS.
This was a Q engine launch.

Some background on the Carmack Prize:
"Armadillo Aerospace Founder John Carmack has offered a prize for “the next ground launched rocket flight above 100,000′ with GPS log and successful recovery.” He offered $5,000 for the flight; that total is now at $8,000 with contributions by Paul Breed ($2,000) and Robin Snelson ($1,000).

Here's the link to the YouTube video:
http://youtu.be/rvDqoxMUroA
It's 16 minutes long, but well worth a look!

for more background on this project, visit Derek's website at:
http://ddeville.com/derek/Qu8k.html

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