ChrisAttebery
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Here's the video from my flight yesterday.
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I told my wife afterward that every L3 flight I've done had to have some hang up.
Oh well, I've got the sign off. Now I can fly what I want and the only pressure is internal.
Here's the video from my flight yesterday.
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My son Jacob and I made it to the launch on Saturday around 6:45PM. We enjoyed the live band, the night rockets, and I enjoyed the free beer. Well done TCC!
On Sunday we got back to the launch at 8:30. I got the rocket prepped and on the pad with help from Tim Robinson and Nathan Montalvo. Thanks guys!
The boost was straight and the rocket turned slightly into the wind from the SW. The drogue deployed and the rocket headed NE with the wind. Jacob and I drove the .9 miles to where it landed right next to one of the farm roads. We started gathering the rocket and realized that the booster was missing. It appears that the quick release pin holding the shock cord from the booster and drogue to the camera bay popped loose.
I watched the video and it appears that the deployment was successful, but about 30 seconds later the pin released. The payload section fell flat at about 100 fps until the main deployed. The booster appeared to slow down without the weight of the payload pulling it down. We searched for it for awhile and came up empty handed. Once I got home I replayed the Telemetrum data on Google Earth and realized that we should have been looking farther East. I'm sure that it landed in one of the fields. Hopefully one of the farmers will find it soon.
The video came out great. Once again there was only about 90 degrees of turn through the whole flight. I'll try to get it edited and posted soon.
Just after burnout:
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The view from 14,000':
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The fateful moment when the booster cut loose:
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