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Photograph courtesy of Bob Arnott
Phobos
This rocket represented my only foray into the world of HPR kits. It is a PML kit, slightly modified for the purposes accomodating a modified payload bay.

This photograph was of Phobos launching at the 1999 International/Scottish Rocket Weekend, in August 1999. The rocket was powered by a Rocket Services H-136 reloadable solid motor, and carried a G-Whiz LC Deluxe Altimeter /Accelerometer. The rocket descended on a streamer for recovery, but true to form, something had to happen, and it landed heavily on the only rock in the field, and broke part of the coupler bulkhead. The recorded peak altitude was only 521 feet.

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