Outreach Report - Troop 626 (11/12/2005)
Saturday [November 12] I assisted Troop 626 with their
rocket camp weekend at the Phillipo Scout Reservation in Cannon
Falls. They have done this for a number of years and,
but wanted to jazz things up with a high power rocketeer. I
came down with a few show and tell items but mostly helped the
scouts build their rockets and launch them. The scouts were
building Quest Couriers. These were excellent kits for the
purpose with a couple of exceptions. The centering rings are
very flimsy and the [shock] cord is too short. My experience
came in handy for devising a work around for the short cords.
The launch was pretty fun. I was impressed by how well
they responded to their scoutmasters when order was needed, even
though they were pretty spun up. The scouts launched eggs in
their rockets. We had a lot of fun scrambling eggs. as the
scoutmaster bought c6-5s instead of c6-3s, it was the rare egg that
was recovered intact
[Rick Vatsaas]
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