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We had a great three day weekend at Rocstock, but ended on an epic failure. I brought an old favorite out of retirement -- An air start cluster with an L805 off the pad and 3 J 580 smokey sams that light up about 2 seconds later.

One of the J580's failed out the top, so the fin can exploded half way through the J burn.

Here is the video compilation: https://vimeo.com/242636318/188f3e06be

Mike
 
I feel your pain after the loss of my King Viper III at Airfest. Kudos on the camera work BTW!
 
Sorry for your loss. On a lighter note, at least you recovery gear looked like it was re-usable.
 
Sorry for your loss. On a lighter note, at least you recovery gear looked like it was re-usable.

Yes, all the good stuff was recovered just fine. Even the motor casings look like they are reusable. It doesn't feel like the rocket died. It just needs a wheelchair to get around now. Last night I had a crazy idea to build-up a new fin can with a single 98mm motor mount.
 
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