Fellas,
The rockets are larger then one would expect. The shapes are nice and clean and overall light weight and simple.
My little Red Head can not make it as our daugher and gandson are coming to visit this weekend as well as our friends from Eauclare. Big is going to be hanging with me as well as my good buddy Squeaky from Canada.
Yep.. that cute little Red head is a Grandma.. Good living and makeup!:roll:
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Eric. Your Argent looks great. I can not wait to line them up side buy side and hammer the power!.. 54321 GONE!
See ya all soon!
Grimracer
I was waiting for Grim to post highlights of his many flights at Thunderstruck, many of which were his excellent productions of the new Pro Series II models, but I can't wait any longer
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So here's my quick recap of the good, bad, and downright excellent:
Let's start with the
Bad, as in "my bad". So we planned this kick tail drag race with the Argents at Thunderstruck. I was happy to offer a pair of old Aerotech H268 Redlines up for the drag race. Well, the reloads proved to be tooooo old to be used in a drag race. With the available igniters, we simply could not get them to light. These had been stored sealed in a low humidity, constant temp. setting, but their age got the better of them. So "the bad" was a no-go on the drag race at Thunderstruck despite efforts to make it happen
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On a more positive note, the
Good news is that Mike's Argent flew beautifully later on (G80T I think), and my Argent has put in two flights this past week, the first on one of those stubborn H268 Reds (after roughing up grain cores & ends, installing a Pyrodex pellet in the forward grain for ignition, it lit instantly...go figure
), as well as an H220T, both of which kicked hard, but the sturdy Argent held up beautifully! Here's a slightly less than good photo on the pad prior to the H220 flight (sorry about the lack of flight picture, poor lighting and blurriness)!
On to the
Excellent, Mike offered up one his most excellent coozies for my Argent as a generous token for providing the drag motors! The coozie is keeping the Argent protected for transport and storage...Thanks Mike!
Furthermore, Grim offered up some G80's for a redux of the failed drag race. It was a great offer, but by that time, I had to help Dad and Justin get two of their birds off the pads before quickly packing up and heading north for home!
Mike, let me know when you can make it up to "the Bong" for a launch. We should be at the July and August TWA launches, maybe the Woosh ECOF event on July 28-29 as well. Your next motor is on me, I failed us for the drag race!
-Eric-