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The streamer in my Micron is crepe paper, 2" x 35". I'll get another pack of A8-5 motors and I'll try it again, but if it slams into the ground like before then I'll switch to a 6" parachute.

It got a little more exciting than usual at the field this morning.

First up was my ever-reliable Eates Big Bertha "The Beat Stick" on a C6-3. Beautiful flight as usual.

Next was my new Quest...

I have a Semroc Micron (very nice small rocket). It flies up nicely but the wide and seemingly long streamer hardly slows it down and it usually lands with a thud. Luckily it has not been damaged...

I just ordered a Flutter-by. :D

I am going to clone an Estes Tornado, and maybe a Centuri Moonraker.

I might get a Semroc Golden Scout. I used to have an Estes Scout about 20 years ago. The...

I love taking my time building rockets. Cutting the fins and sanding them just right, filling and sanding balsa nose cones until they are near-plastic smooth, gluing the fins on straight so there is...

I think that those are "Make It, Take It" rockets that come in packs of 12. I am not fully sure but I think that they are lengthened Alpha IIIs. Can anyone corroborate this?

Great pictures! It...

The Frick-n-Frack and the Pheord X150 are definitely on my "got to get them" list. (So many rockets...)

I am building my first "saucer/cone" rocket right now, a Quest Planet Probe.

I like...

I usually fly by myself and if I am taking pictures then I am not focusing enough on the rockets to enjoy it. If I launch with someone then I might ask them to take the pictures.

I thought of...

My first rocket (sadly long gone) was an Estes Super Flea (my brother got the Javelin). I flew it about 6 times, on 1/4 and 1/2 A motors, and got it back each time (it was lost in a move). I also...

Thanks! I used Rust-Oleum "Ultra Cover 2x" Apple Red. Covered it in one coat.

I'll be using a C11-5 for the first flights and it has a 12" parachute. I got my Nosferatu back just fine on a C11-5 (Think of it as a slightly longer Goblin with narrower fins) so the Cherokee-D...

I just finished cloning a late-model style Cherokee-D. I am very happy with how it turned out!

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Now I have to have the time and...

Another sunrise launch today, with shifting winds.

First up was my Estes Zinger E2X on an A10-3T. Nice flight but the breeze had it drift far on it's 6" 'chute. (This will become a recurring...

Back in around 1977, 78 or 79 (I can't remember) my cousin Kurt gave me a few of his model rockets. Sadly, the ones he gave me never flew again (I was too young? We moved and they were lost? Again...

I must get one of these!

What would it take to make an Astron Drifter XL?

That Raptor looks awesome (where is is from? Is it a scratchbuilt?)! The Mini Max and the Cobalt are both great fliers. Good Job!:cool:

... because of all the wonderful ideas they generate!

I have two good BT-20 plastic nose cones from my destroyed Wizard and Viking. Oh, the possibilities!:cool:

Thanks!:)

The 'chute on the Wizard was 8" with a spill hole. The bag that I used may have been a little thick, but it flew twice perfectly. I still think that I packed the wadding in too...

If streamers worked with the hard, packed earth of this part of Arizona then I would use them. My broken birds did not have the surface area to cause enough drag. I started using a small parachute...

I normally have not had any problems with friction fitting motors, but the small size of the BT-20 tube makes it harder to get all the recovery stuff in there. I have a Der Mini Max and it is wide...

I thought that the air was calm enough this morning so I want out for a sunrise launch. Turned out to be a so-so launch day.

My metallic painted Estes Wizard on an A8-3. This rocket has flown...

Sweet! It looks fantastic!

I had to put in the "Exhaust" labels as a Nosferatu is a Vampire.:wink:

Done and ready to drink some blood... I mean fly into the sky!

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That's one smart looking rocket!

Cool! I'm going to check out the new controller and the Blenders.

Rocket has been covered in primer, now to let it cure for a few days. Meanwhile, I will start some other rocket projects!

The weather has been great but I have been BUSY!:( I hope to at least primer it tomorrow.

This whole "days off in the middle of the week" thing allowed me to go out for an 0730 morning launch today!:grin:

Cloned "Mini Mean Machine" on an A8-3. Smooth flight but not too high. I might...

Shock cord attached and the painting can now commence! Weather permitting...

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