Discovery Science channel were there filming a number of flights and events including their own Fastest to 10,000 Feet race. With some last minute planning, I teamed up with Cryoscum to enter this challenge.
Nic did an amazing job on rolling the tube and turning the NC and coming in at just over 300grams including everything except motor, SideShow4 was born and definitely a force to be reckoned with!
Packaged up and ready to travel, SideShow4 was an interesting topic of discussion through various airport security points. Most were more interested about rocketry in general throughout the discussion so it was a great opportunity to plug what we do.
Many people were blown away with the build and I was very proud to announce that it was 100% Australian made. Discovery Science paid for a Featherweight Raven to fly, so that coupled with an EasyAs RDF from Wooshtronics was payload of choice for the flight. Prior to flying, contestants had a number of interviews with the TV crew and I quickly earnt the title of "Media Hog" (OK hog was actually another word, but this is family friendly site

Enough of the media and lead up, it was time to fly this sucker! Now original plan was to use a J570W (38/1080), however being the Wildman Distributor that was going to be an issue. (For those who are not aware of the Wildman Oath, you need to buy a kit and learn it!! (Yes this is a sales pitch) Once you have read it, you will understand why a J570 is an issue for this flight. If you want to know the story of how it started email, me, quite a funny story and good work Crazy Jim! haha) Where were we... oh yeah, Tim "Wildman" Lehr found in his stash a J510W which for those who don't know fits a 38/1320 case, has 189 more total Ns than the J570 and burns for .4 of a second longer, needless to say, this was a wild motor that left no airframe space for the faint hearted! With this being said, I used two 3"x3" nomex blankets as a legal form of (vertically challenged) streamers.
There were many different styles of rockets, of all shapes and sizes. SideShow 4 was the smallest and lightest by far. Before I forget, a huge thanks to Coop for lending me his 38mm tower launcher. Best viewed in HD, I am on the far right...