[SML] Rockets- onstage use

[Steven Hood]

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Steven R Hood
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On June 2, 2016 10:35:44 AM Ben Thoron SML via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Our upcoming musical production of the much loved movie "October Sky"
> seems to require the firing of several model rockets. In the story,
> the character build a series of rockets, so we expect that the effect
> we see builds in complexity and success. The design team is open to
> all ideas at this point, but they really want to see at least one
> actual takeoff.
>
> Our current brainstorming has yielded the following ideas...
> - slight of hand tricks where a blast of smoke goes up and the rocket
> falls into a drop trap.
> - air powered lift off (stomp rockets) risks of falling objects not
> withstanding...
> - cable (spectra fishing line) hauled hoist to fly space.
>
> I'm definitely interested in other ideas.
>
> In terms of stomp rocket physics... what are the calculations
> variables that control the altitude?
> - Air pressure, sure
> - air volume? duration of air flow?
> - weight of rocket
> - what about the diameter? and the length of the fuselage or the
> interior tube?
>
> I'm certain that someone on this list has a back ground as a rocket
> "scientist"...
>
> Thanks
>
> Ben Thoron
> Old Globe Theatre.
>
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