Beat dem Ruskies to the moon! 2 D11 -P's and a D12 -3 Cluster will do it.

Thanks to everyone. I just got my Sport Rocketry today and :y: there it was, pictured with all the HI PO stuff!

I saw that! You're famous. That was a nice picture under thrust.

I saw it, too. Nice looking model! I didn't realize it was that large.

Thanks. Almost famous with an appearance in sport rocketry. Famous if you get the cover! Yep, she would be big most other places but out with the big boys she is just a lightly built ship on three black powder motors fer da kids. With the low and slow lift off with lots of smoke and a bit of flame she is real photogenic.

I saw her in my copy as well! awesome stuff Daddy!

Daddyisabar said:

Thanks to everyone. I just got my Sport Rocketry today and :y: there it was, pictured with all the HI PO stuff!

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Can't tell if you were smiling or not...

gdjsky01 said:

Can't tell if you were smiling or not...

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It is hard to say. At that moment you are too worried about lighting a three motor cluster of two Mighty D11 Ps and one E9 4 in front of the top men. I had to use a rock as a stand off and I couldn't find my favorite clip whip, all making for one Nervous Nelly. They put all my complex stuff out on the HI PO pads and with the varying wind I didn't have the extra power of a VMAX to just cut my way trough at any time. Like the Croc Hunter always used to say: Danger-Danger-Danger!

The MR 171 Redstoner just keeps flying. Here is the ninth flight on an D12-0-D11P-E9-4 combo. Thanks to Dave Hanson for the photos.

Daddyisabar said:

The MR 171 Redstoner just keeps flying. Here is the ninth flight on an D12-0-D11P-E9-4 combo. Thanks to Dave Hanson for the photos.

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Man, that is cool!!

Love the 3 smoke trails and ejection sequence.

marwady said:

Man, that is cool!!

Love the 3 smoke trails and ejection sequence.

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Thanks. It looks purdy leaning up against the couch, on the pad, at take off and coming down, Why is it that a rocket I built as an after thought from a pile of reject parts and let over bits from all over the place, turn out to be one, if not my favorite rocket. It will fly with the E and only one D motor lit. It wasn't too hard to build or paint and loves to eat up D11P's on calm days. It is low and slow and everyone thinks they remember it from one of those early 60's sci fi movies or too the moon films they saw as a kid.

This rocket insists it is going to be my favorite. Photos of flight ten. The tower did get caught on a main cute shroud but no damage occurred. Thanks to Dave Hanson for the photos.

I posted a link in the cra.... um I mean Watering Hole.

man that rocket is impressive!! awesome pics!!

Daddyisabar said:

This rocket insists it is going to be my favorite. Photos of flight ten. The tower did get caught on a main cute shroud but no damage occurred. Thanks to Dave Hanson for the photos.

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Daddy, you always use clip whips?

gdjsky01 said:

Daddy, you always use clip whips?

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Yes, because my clustered motors are usually spread out at odd angles and next to wings or tape worm proglottids & suckers. Doing the wire ring thing requires skill so count me out on that. Clip whips can be a real PITA!

More pictures thanks to Dave Hanson.


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But you are in almost none of them... last time I looked... did he ad more? -J

gdjsky01 said:

But you are in almost none of them... last time I looked... did he ad more? -J

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No. Just look at the pictures of the purdy rockets. The fat old dudes flying them are not nearly as photogenic! I never added the link to this thread which shows the last flight of the MR 171 Redstoner.

Just---WOW !!

hornet driver said:

Just---WOW !!

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Thanks. If the weather is good it will fly again on Saturday.

Then I still did not ID rockets that were yours...

gdjsky01 said:

Then I still did not ID rockets that were yours...

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All of the naughty ones are mine plus the Black Brant.

Awesome flight pics....will you always fly it with the 2nd chute now?

Daddyisabar said:

All of the naughty ones are mine plus the Black Brant.

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You should mark them

CRC said:

Awesome flight pics....will you always fly it with the 2nd chute now?

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Yes. The pretty in pink chute on the lanyard brings the capsule down nice and slow and I pack it underneath the main chute to make sure it pulls out the main. The pink chute can get caught on or ripped off by the main body but this has happened twice in 16 launched.