* Originally in: Fido-10th Amendment, rights of the people and the states
 * Originally on: 01-11-03 04:06
 * Originally by: ROY J. TELLASON
 * Originally to: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE


 WC> Estes sells model rockets and way back when the Camroc which was a 
 WC> single shot camera attached to the nosecone. I had one of these.

> I know of them but have never really looked into them,  wouldn't know where
o
> find them these days.

They were pretty cool for a kid and the smaller lighter rockets 
moved so fast you couldn't see them ascend.

 WC>  Huge wingspan however, similar to the 747 but like you say no 
 WC> weight to speak of. They've already successfully tested it and it 
 WC> was flown during daylight hours and was within 2 - 3K feet of the 
 WC> desired 100K foot altitude they'd hoped to achieve when they 
 WC> brought it back down.

> I hadn't remembered that it had gotten that high.

97K+ feet IIRC which is the new record height for an airplane.

 WC> Next model will have fuel cells so as to stay aloft overnight and 
 WC> for months at a time.
                                                                           
              
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