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| Enthusiasts have delayed the launch of what was claimed to be the biggest rocket fired by amateurs in Britain. | Enthusiasts have delayed the launch of what was claimed to be the biggest rocket fired by amateurs in Britain. |
| The craft, named the Corpulent Stump, was to take off from a site near Largs in Ayrshire on Saturday as part of International Rocket Week. | The craft, named the Corpulent Stump, was to take off from a site near Largs in Ayrshire on Saturday as part of International Rocket Week. |
| Poor weather and low cloud meant that the launch would be delayed, organisers said. | |
| The rocket, built by Richard Brown and his team, weighs 50kg (110lb) and is set to reach 1,829 metres (6,000ft). | The rocket, built by Richard Brown and his team, weighs 50kg (110lb) and is set to reach 1,829 metres (6,000ft). |
| It is designed to travel at about 500 mph and accelerate from zero to 100mph in just over a second. | It is designed to travel at about 500 mph and accelerate from zero to 100mph in just over a second. |
| "It's a huge bright red reinforced cardboard tube, but loaded with an engine and fuel, and around £1,000 worth of electronics which will sense its height, control the deployment of a parachute, and send live information back to the ground about its flight," the BBC's Huw Williams said. | "It's a huge bright red reinforced cardboard tube, but loaded with an engine and fuel, and around £1,000 worth of electronics which will sense its height, control the deployment of a parachute, and send live information back to the ground about its flight," the BBC's Huw Williams said. |
| The enthusiasts taking part in the International Rocket Week event say amateur rocketeers have a long record of developing new technologies and techniques which have shaped space exploration from its beginnings. | The enthusiasts taking part in the International Rocket Week event say amateur rocketeers have a long record of developing new technologies and techniques which have shaped space exploration from its beginnings. |