The Nerf shooter at his feet was for him to shoot into the air at the rocket and chute as it came down, not to fire at it at close range as it touched down which is what he did.

The nose is held on at this point with tape.

You can see the size of the field that we use to launch these rockets. It is actually a grass arena with around 7 football (UK soccer) pitches arranged in an arc with grass hills in the middle for people to sit on (see the aerial photography pictures to get a better impression of the field).

Note that the PTFE sheet stays nicely inside by taping it in place. This is important if you are being judged on separate parts in the air such as in a Science Olympiad.

Yes, it was a blue sky again - this time it was close to sunset.

Click here to hear a sound file of a launch of this rocket [Real Media].

The Fourier Transform (spectrum analysis) on the left is a plot of amplitude (colour) against frequency (vertical axis) and time (horizontal axis).

As you play the sound file, you will be able to hear the parts as you see them.

The spectrum analysis was performed using Wave Tracer Version 3.2
5 - Five    4 - Four    3 - Three    2 - Two    1 - One    0 - Blastoff    R - Release    W - Water hitting the grass    A - That's a good one. B - Take a picture. C - That's still way-up in the air. D - Got caught in an up-draught.