A MOST TRIUMPHANT RETURN

ION PULSAR
November 6, 2004

This is our second "Ion Pulsar". The first one lies somewhere in a swampy marsh between Arlington High School soccer field and the James Baird State Park golf course. It's a risk we all take when we push that launch button. After that fateful C67 powered flight into oblivion we knew we just had to build another one. We LOVE LOVE LOVE the design of this rocket from it's pointy black nose 17 big inches and two body tube sizes down to its cool fins with dowel landing pods. Just to play it safe we launched it on an A83 on this windy day as the light was fading. Our careful build rewarded us with a nice straight flight and a touchdown about 50 feet from the launch pad. We painted it with spray paint that makes the surface look like hammered metal adding to the sci-fi charm of the design.

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