Largest whistle rocket in North America

[cplmac]

I built this last year, the rocket is 9.5 feet tall, weighs 36 pounds and has a 12" shell on top. I've been building fireworks for years and know most of the serious builders in North America and nobody has heard of a whistle rocket this big so I'm claiming the damn record. I think it could be the biggest in the world, but they make some MASSIVE black powder rockets in the Phillipines and Thailand so who knows. I'm holding the rocket at the beginning of the video. Sound is weak because I filmed it from a half mile away, and to generate the thrust you need to carry a 12" shell you have to sacrifice some of the sound for thrust.

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[CryptKickR]

I will never compliment another man's rocket... But I'm betting you have lots of fun with those things. Do you ever do any special events, like July 4th stuff, or do you prefer to keep it as a hobby?

 

[Bob369963]

Nice CplMac. Have you all ready contacted Guinness.

 

[SgtDeadred]

That one hell of a Gustav, don't let Beaver get that unlock!

 

[cplmac]

I will never compliment another man's rocket... But I'm betting you have lots of fun with those things. Do you ever do any special events, like July 4th stuff, or do you prefer to keep it as a hobby?

I do usually do a couple of professional displays for the fourth for some of the cities in my area. We do a show at my place bigger than any of the cities around us outside of Chicago every year, but the crap economy has kind of tanked it for the last couple of years.

Nice CplMac. Have you all ready contacted Guinness.

Not yet, but I'm thinking about it for the next big one. This rocket has a 3" ID, and if I can find a suitable tube I'm going to try building a 4" ID rocket next year. Going to have to buy a new press though, bent my 25 ton press making these three inch rockets.