Ok, here's some pics from the prep and flight of my "Big Bird" with "Kate" on board Sunday morning. Thanks Vern!
Checking the fit of the dowel and length needed for the ematch. I used two pieces of BP pellets for a Black Powder rifle and an ematch as the igniter.
Loaded up and ready for the trip to the away cell.
The have to have pic #1
The have to have pic #2
The up worked very well. Kate reported at 2000, 4000, 5000 and apogee.
Kate reported 5265ft for apogee, but the accelerometer reported just over 5400 which is much more consistent with altitudes I've gotten from previous flight with this motor.
I was very happy with the deployment of the pilot and main chutes. The d-bag worked very well and even though you could see the line connecting the d-bag to the apex of the main was pulling the pilot and nose cone down, there was still a z-folded wrap of about 8 wraps that never broke the tape. That tells me the 150 lb Dacron line should hold up very well keeping the nose cone with the main.
All laid out about 900 ft from the pad. Got a ride back from the landing site also. Nothing like door to door service!
The following files are the ones supplied by "Kate".
View attachment JeffBoldig_BigBird_M1725_LDRS2017_HiggsFarm_170409_T-Analysis.pdf
The analysis file in pdf.
Screen capture of the Google Earth
View attachment JeffBoldig_BigBird_M1725_LDRS2017_HiggsFarm_170409_R-GoogleEarth.kml
The Google Earth file
The mp3 audio file of the flight wouldn't upload, not as a mp3 or when zipped. If anyone has way to upload those, I'll give it a try.