Kruegon
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So I attended Southern Thunder this past weekend. I wanted to try for my L1. I built the Estes Argent and over built the sustainer. I knew it'd go high but its a big field.
I ran a test flight with a G64. It was perfect. No spin. Straight. Very good deployment. And then it happened. About half way down the wind cut across the field and grabbed the chute. It was last seen sailing over the rocket eating trees in Manchester, TN. And it was the only L1 capable rocket I had finished.
I learned two important lessons. 1. Never reply on a single rocket for a cert flight. 2. No matter what anyone says, if your gut says do dual deploy, do it.
Now if anyone from MC2 or HARA can find it, I'd actually be willing to put a small reward behind it. But I hold little hope. Gone is my AT case and rocket. First lost case. Most assuredly not my first lost rocket. Just the biggest and most expensive.
I ran a test flight with a G64. It was perfect. No spin. Straight. Very good deployment. And then it happened. About half way down the wind cut across the field and grabbed the chute. It was last seen sailing over the rocket eating trees in Manchester, TN. And it was the only L1 capable rocket I had finished.
I learned two important lessons. 1. Never reply on a single rocket for a cert flight. 2. No matter what anyone says, if your gut says do dual deploy, do it.
Now if anyone from MC2 or HARA can find it, I'd actually be willing to put a small reward behind it. But I hold little hope. Gone is my AT case and rocket. First lost case. Most assuredly not my first lost rocket. Just the biggest and most expensive.