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It's fun bringing someone new into the hobby! Keep up the Good Work!!! Post Pics!
well the thread title does say new rocket enthusiasts...
Rex
thanks! I'm new, haven't gotten up to speed yet on the forums. glad you like the vid!This actually is a legitimate rocket video. I had my doubts from someone with 2 posts and not much of an explanation.
Your never going to find the exciting parts of the internet if you don't just click every random link you see. Gotta live the adventure.Yeah, I was kinda wondering. Seemed randomly inserted.
Your never going to find the exciting parts of the internet if you don't just click every random link you see. Gotta live the adventure.
Well, we launch a couple rockets Sunday afternoon. We launched the Estes Flying Colors for the first time. The flight was good, but the delay in the ejection seemed kinda long.
[video]https://youtu.be/829qPHkO9sc[/video]
The second launch of our Estes Flip Flyer didn't go so great. The first launch was perfect on the first flight motor, however the second launch using a C6-5, well, here is a video. We are not sure what happened so any thoughts are appreciated. The ground was so soft from all of the rain that it prevent any major damage. It nosed into the ground about 4 - 5 inches. The fins are all loose and the engine holder is cracked. We can fix those things easy enough, but I'd really like to know what caused such an erratic flight. There was zero wind, the clay was still in the nose cone tip, and we never added anything to the rocket that wasn't there on the first flight. What we are now calling the FLOP Flyer...
[video]https://youtu.be/R5IgsIKWRU8[/video]
Flip Flier definitely went unstable. When I got mine, I extended the airframe by two inches. Might help.
What engine did you use for the Swift? Those very small and light rockets are notorious for disappearing in the sky. Looked nice on the pad though.
But yeah, standard rule is don't launch anything you're not willing to lose. Sad but true.
For what it's worth, you have the pods backwards on the Trajector; the point bits are supposed to point forward. It might actually look better the way you did it, but be forewarned those little guys might be inclined to snap off on landing. In the future, you can always lop them all off, which IMHO would look better still.
The Jetliner looks great. So cool to see your daughter getting into it.
That Trajector is a fun rocket. It can go pretty high on an F motor, so I’d try the E on the first flight.
Sorry about the lost rocket, but that’s part of the hobby — if you can’t take the losses, you should have got a model train! :wink:
I'm not sure why, and I questioned it, but the package says to use the F motor for first flight. That seemed wrong to me. I even had my daughter look at the package to verify what I thought I saw and she did.
Thanks for the condolences. We'll probably buy another and try again. Maybe we'll put a siren and blinking lights on this one...and that previously mentioned fishing pole/line.
If you have plenty of room, the F motor will be fine. The rocket is big enough that it doesn't fly out of sight, but it'll go high enough it can drift a fair distance. Another really fun thing to do with that rocket is to buy the PSII booster and do 2-stage flights. 2 E motors makes a cool 2-stage flight.
You had the rocket-losing trifecta on that Swift: small fast rocket plus mottled sky so you can't see the tracking smoke plus watching through a camera. We like videos and photos, but it makes it hard to keep the rocket in sight.
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