Nice trailer and love the setup!
I need to get a good trailer. I was planning to bring 5 rockets for this weekend, but I am standing here this morning and realizing they won't fit in my truck. I think I am going to have to ditch one.
Good point.Nathan, no that just says the start time on Friday, and the end time on Sunday. It does NOT list when launches start on Saturday or Sunday for example, nor when launches end on Friday or Saturday.
Nathan, no that just says the start time on Friday, and the end time on Sunday. It does NOT list when launches start on Saturday or Sunday for example, nor when launches end on Friday or Saturday.
Awesome day at Red Glare! Scott S had some really impressive big sparkies and I got my L2, among many other impressive flights. Thank you to Dave Weber and the MDRA crew!
I had an amazing day today at Red Glare. I put in 5 flights, and would have had 6 had I not had a misfire. With so many people, the launch cadence seemed to average one per hour. The weather could not have been much more perfect. All in all, it was absolutely worth the 2 hour drive from northern Virginia for me. I've added a sample of photos from today.
Awesome event as always, MDRA! So many great flights! Many thanks to Dave Weber for officiating my successful L2 (5.5" LOC Patriot on J450DM)!
There were many L1, L2 & L3 Certification successes and a few fails.
I get that most people flying mid-power and up rockets use rails, and not 1/4" rods, but our rockets weren't equipped with buttons and retrofitting the rockets looks to be challenging (Estes Super Big Bertha, Executioner). I had been itching to try out some F15-6s in my Executioner, as trying them at my normal field is just begging to lose the rocket.
Congrats to all the newly certified rocketeers! I think they announced there were 56 cert attempts this weekend. Amazing!
I was lucky enough to have some great flights, despite the wind. They included two flights of the new 8" Goblin with a 4 x 75mm mount. First flight was on 4 x AT J450 DMs to about 3000 feet and then cranked her up on 4 x K1000s to 9000 feet at .9 MACH. The Goblin held up well. Also got my AGM-Pike up on an N2220 this morning, which was a really fun flight.
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4" Black Fly on a DMS J270W. Sim was ~2900ft. Perfectly laid out for recovery:
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I was lucky enough to have some great flights, despite the wind. They included two flights of the new 8" Goblin with a 4 x 75mm mount. First flight was on 4 x AT J450 DMs to about 3000 feet and then cranked her up on 4 x K1000s to 9000 feet at .9 MACH. The Goblin held up well.
Congrats to all the newly certified rocketeers! I think they announced there were 56 cert attempts this weekend. Amazing!
I was lucky enough to have some great flights, despite the wind. They included two flights of the new 8" Goblin with a 4 x 75mm mount. First flight was on 4 x AT J450 DMs to about 3000 feet and then cranked her up on 4 x K1000s to 9000 feet at .9 MACH. The Goblin held up well. Also got my AGM-Pike up on an N2220 this morning, which was a really fun flight.
Congrats to all the newly certified rocketeers! I think they announced there were 56 cert attempts this weekend. Amazing!
I was lucky enough to have some great flights, despite the wind. They included two flights of the new 8" Goblin with a 4 x 75mm mount. First flight was on 4 x AT J450 DMs to about 3000 feet and then cranked her up on 4 x K1000s to 9000 feet at .9 MACH. The Goblin held up well. Also got my AGM-Pike up on an N2220 this morning, which was a really fun flight.
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