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  The first high-powered rocket I built was a Missile Works Viper scale sounding rocket kit, designed to fly on G and H class motors. This is how the Viper looked following its third flight on a Cesaroni H-143 motor when the aft nozzle seal failed at over 200 mph. The kevlar shock cord trashed the whole side of the phenolic airframe.

 

 
The first high-powered rocket I built was a Missile Works Viper scale sounding rocket kit, designed to fly on G and H class motors.  This is how the Viper looked following its third flight on a Cesaroni H-143 motor when the aft nozzle seal failed at over 200 mph.  The kevlar shock cord trashed the whole side of the phenolic airframe.
 

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