Alfa

Gerben-Jan Ligthart has been leading the NAVRO for 25 years now, but he still had not built a single rocket! After years of attempts to persuade him, he finally gave in and ordered a Caveman Lance HPR rocket. Then the problems started, as he had to assemble it:

The AlfaPleun Punt tries to explain: "You'll have to use glue, otherwise the rocket will fall apart..." The AlfaMore explaining: "No Gerben, the motor retainer isn't suppossed to be inside the nose cone...". The AlfaGerben-Jan Ligthart and his Alfa. The AlfaThe launch of the Alfa at NLD17 on 4 April, 2003. The AlfaSome recovered rockets at NLD17, including the Alfa. The rocket had a good flight on an AeroTech H238-T, but lost two fins on landing.