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The space derby was a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America that is similar to the pinewood derby car race. [1] Cub Scouts (the young-age division of the Boy Scouts) race miniature balsa wood gliders that are propelled by a rubber band and propeller. During the 1960s, this was also known as the "rocket derby".
Scout X, also known as Cub Scout, was an American rocket which served as a prototype of the Scout, which was launched on a single test flight in 1960.It was used to test the configuration that later Scout rockets would use as well as two of the solid rocket motors that would be used on them.
Scout X-1: ST-4 Wallops LA-3: Successful Explorer 9: Low Earth: NASA: Technology 3 March 1961 16:02 Blue Scout II: D-4 Cape Canaveral LC-18B: Successful N/A Suborbital USAF: Test flight 12 April 1961 06:07 Blue Scout II: D-5 Cape Canaveral LC-18B: Successful N/A Suborbital USAF: Test flight 9 May 1961 16:00 Blue Scout I: D-6 Cape Canaveral LC ...
The raingutter regatta is a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America that is the sailboat equivalent of the pinewood derby. The sailboat kit consists of a seven-inch (178 mm) long balsa wood hull, a 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch mast, plastic sail , plastic rudder , and metal keel .
Boy Scout Troop 2 helpers David Barley, left, and Gabriel Stone brought cars to and from the track April 2 during Cub Scout Pack 2’s annual pinewood derby at the First Presbyterian Church in Oneida.
SpaceCub was a design project for a homebuilt rocket. Between 1993 and 1994, Geoffrey A. Landis proposed that a vehicle designed to launch to the edge of space might be a feasible project for a "personal" spaceship, the equivalent of a Piper Cub for space.
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Later versions for Scout D scaled to 1.14 m (45 in) in diameter. Algol 1-A. Used on the Scout X (Cub Scout) test flight flown April 18, 1960. served as prototype vehicle for eventual Scout rocket. Algol 1-B. Used on Scout X-1, RM-89 Blue Scout I, and RM-90 Blue Scout II. Algol 1-C. Used on the Scout X-1A. After this single flight, the Scout X-2 ...