You know, at LDRS 31 there was all kinds of tom-foolery in the name of a certain tv show. they flew from pads that were so far away that there was no chance that they could come back to the crowds. That was exactly what happened, strange things flew and everyone was ok.
Truth be told, I signed off on all the odd-rocs except for the snowmobile.
I believe that every rocket has a pad, the only question is "are you willing to walk that far"
Sunday we were willing to schlep a tree to the away cells. That's where the tree landed. The motor was still attached and recovered without a scratch.
I would have been happy to walk to the "far, far away" pad with the tree, but I wasn't asked to.
You don't have to fly a tree, or anything else you don't want to.
If it bothers you that much, you don't have to go to that launch. It only happens once a year at one location
Don't harsh someone else's mellow just because you don't fly whatever.
I'm not a huge fan of the super high min diameter flight, you can't see it. In fact, you can't see if it's coming in ballistic. Unsafe? Maybe. Records don't support this
Large rocket, 100 plus pounds could hurt someone if it hits them, even under chute. Unsafe? Maybe. Records don't support this, either
I'm sure we can figure out how all of our stuff is "unsafe" but we're still at it.
Please don't confuse the issue with "safety concerns" unless you can prove something is unsafe
Video shows that nothing left the away pads...so you'd have to work hard to show this was unsafe.