Black Widow: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:16, 6 April 2023

Black Widow is a rocket I built in late 2015 / early 2016 to replace Home Alone after its crash in Elsberry. The kit is a Rocketry Warehouse (now Composite Warehouse) Dominator 3, no longer in production. It's very similar in size to Home Alone, but with a different fin shape featuring a curved trailing edge. The kit came with a very nice looking red-anodized nose cone tip and tailcone motor retainer, so I finished it in a black and red color scheme.

Frame from onboard camera looking down at two men, while the rocket is on the launch pad.

View from onboard camera.
First liftoff.
Landed in the Argonia dust.

Launches

NARAM 58 (2016), J449 NARAM 58 (2016), K530 Airfest 22 (2016), L1040 Midwest Power 14 (2016), K830 SLRA Fall 2016, K650

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   |max-altitude = 13570 feet AGL (TeleGPS) (4136 m)
   |max-speed    = 1325 ft/sec (903 mph, Mach 1.18) (Raven, accelerometer)
-  |status       = Being refitted
+  |status       = [[Black Widow (altimeter bay redesign)|Being refitted]]
   |simfile      = https://github.com/DanCrank/openrocket-sim-files/blob/master/BlackWidow.ork
 }}
-Black Widow is a rocket I built in late 2015 / early 2016 to replace [[Home Alone]] after [[2015 Launch Reports#Home Alone, L990|its crash in Elsberry]].
+Black Widow is a rocket I built in late 2015 / early 2016 to replace [[Home Alone]] after [[2015 Launch Reports#Home Alone, L990|its crash in Elsberry]]. The kit is a Rocketry Warehouse (now Composite Warehouse) Dominator 3, no longer in production. It's very similar in size to Home Alone, but with a different fin shape featuring a curved trailing edge. The kit came with a very nice looking red-anodized nose cone tip and tailcone motor retainer, so I finished it in a black and red color scheme.
+<gallery mode="slideshow">
+File:NARAM58-looking-up.jpg|View from onboard camera.|alt=Frame from onboard camera looking down at two men, while the rocket is on the launch pad.
+File:NARAM58-blue-streak.jpg|First liftoff.|alt=Frame from pad camera showing a black rocket lifting off with a bright blue flame.
+File:Airfest-2016-widowinthedust.jpg|Landed in the Argonia dust.|alt=The lower airframe of a black rocket, covered in dust and lying in a dusty field. A silver Volkswagen GTI is in the far distance.
+</gallery>
+== Launches ==
+[[2016 Launch Reports#Black Widow, J449|NARAM 58 (2016), J449]]
+[[2016 Launch Reports#Black Widow, K530|NARAM 58 (2016), K530]]
+[[2016 Launch Reports#Black Widow, L1040|Airfest 22 (2016), L1040]]
+[[2016 Launch Reports#Black Widow, K830|Midwest Power 14 (2016), K830]]
+[[2016 Launch Reports#Black Widow, K650|SLRA Fall 2016, K650]]
+[[Category:Rockets]]