Our story begins with a secondhand airframe,
Bought for only $5; a project it became.
From spare electronics it was built,
To take to the air without shame and without guilt.
But fly well it not,
I no longer wanted what I had just bought.
So I decided a hero’s death was in order,
Only to be captured by my video recorder!
What crazy stunt should it perform?
It have would be something new and out of the norm.
Rocket motors I thought,
Would accelerate the plane to speeds it normally could not.
The end result is before you:
An internal firecracker was added before it flew.
A brushed esc was used to light the rocket,
And a cheap camera to record from the cockpit.
Its eventual demise came as a delight,
When the fuse for the right motor did not light.
In the end, it was all for fun,
and what’s best of all; the project didn’t cost a ton!
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