What a drag..... (video)

Two launches- first is my Villain on a 54/1050 plain jane by Dan Patell. The second a Loki J820.

The second flight took an unscheduled ride.....

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1/3 of a mile ride....

What dragged it, wind or human?

Bummer. Reminds me of Argonia. How far did it get drug?

bill2654 said:

Bummer. Reminds me of Argonia. How far did it get drug?

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Stated by OP

DizWolf said:

1/3 of a mile ride....

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David It was nice of you to help the farmer turn over his soil. I had a Dynacom Anaconda help out the Wheat farmers in KS years ago.

crossfire said:

David It was nice of you to help the farmer turn over his soil. I had a Dynacom Anaconda help out the Wheat farmers in KS years ago.

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Lol. I was typing the cords into my phone and Dan yells to me "Dave you're dragging" "eh it'll drag a little" "no man - a lot!" I looked up and it's WAAAAAY away from where it landed. Thankfully it got hung up on the irrigation line.

It started at the X and went to the circle

How windy was it?

markkoelsch said:

How windy was it?

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there was a stiff breeze, maybe 10-15 MPH gusting. the 48" iris was a bit large for the rocket, which was around 7 pounds at burnout.

Great video and interesting to watch. I thought I saw it "drive by" a pumpkin or an acron squash. Your rocket held up very well to that abuse.. fiberglass or CF? There's a rare example of when you don't want to have a chute with a Cd of 2.2! I hope your Iris is ok.
I have a cardboard/balsa Estes Big Daddy repair project waiting for me, as it got sanded down pretty good dragging just 100yards on concrete. An inexpensive rocket, but the memories attached to it keep in on my repair list.

If you had plough on the end of that rocket you could of picked up a bit of extra cash from the farmer. My carbon fiber Tomach dragged about the same distance at last year's NYPOWER, but the field was really dry and it scratched the heck out of the airframe. Of course having an oversized chute didn't help in my case. The field looked a bit more moist for your adventure.

kevinkal said:

Great video and interesting to watch. I thought I saw it "drive by" a pumpkin or an acron squash. Your rocket held up very well to that abuse.. fiberglass or CF? There's a rare example of when you don't want to have a chute with a Cd of 2.2! I hope your Iris is ok.
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That Iris has been through hell and back.... It's first flight it took a dive into the ditch and floated down the canal until GaryT pulled it out looking for his rocket. Couple burn marks...but still kicking strong.

The rocket was a MAC Villain. Canvas phenolic. no wear on the fins.

I think those "pumpkins" were onions I was turning up

mpitfield said:

If you had plough on the end of that rocket you could of picked up a bit of extra cash from the farmer. My carbon fiber Tomach dragged about the same distance at last year's NYPOWER, but the field was really dry and it scratched the heck out of the airframe. Of course having an oversized chute didn't help in my case. The field looked a bit more moist for your adventure.

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Yea, you can see how black the dirt is on the overhead shots.... wet and freshly turned over.

How many pounds of dirt ended up in the body tube?

Adrian

Just need to devise a method to drop off seeds while it goes and you could probably make some extra money at that!

jd2cylman said:

How many pounds of dirt ended up in the body tube?

Adrian

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both tubes packed full. when i opened the av-bay, it was half full of dust. :/ lol.