It was a great day! A little windy, but nowhere near enough to keep rockets grounded!
I had a couple nice flights, and one not so nice flight:
My modified Aerotech Astrobee D on an H128W:
[video=youtube;GfJNnNnXuj8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJNnNnXuj8&feature=youtu.be[/video]
The flame from the moor actually toasted the back of the rocket, and the motor retainer pretty thoroughly- I'll have to rethink that I200W:cyclops:
Other than that a beautiful flight!
My Maxi Alpha 3 flew on an F24W:
[video=youtube;8ImfyKzyIOA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ImfyKzyIOA&feature=youtu.be[/video]
As did my D-Region Tomahawk:
[video=youtube;UCefnp4gh2c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCefnp4gh2c&feature=youtu.be[/video]
The not so nice flight was my Wildman Shapeshifter:
[video=youtube;34Pn4bW7sm8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Pn4bW7sm8[/video]
As best as I can figure, there was an unfortunate wind gust as the rocket was leaving the rail, causing it to windcock severely. There was almost a 10:1 TTW ratio off the pad, and it was moving decently off the pad, so I don't think that was the problem. neither rail button was damaged, and after looking at a frame by frame, the turn didn't start until about 6ft off the rail, so I doubt it caught on the edge of the rail.
As for the unfortunate touchdown, when I disassembled the motor, I found a big hunk of char, ash, and unburned material over the hole connecting to the charge well. Thus the charge never fired. The BP all dumped out of the case when I turned it upside down to inspect it, and the red cap was found undamaged in the rocket.
There's no damage, but the nose cone is scratched and will need to be repainted. At the next launch (This Sunday) I plan to try again with the same motor, assuming lower winds to try to see if that is the problem.
I really gotta hand it to Wildman (and Rocketpoxy) everything on the rocket, attachment points and the tube itself, held up like a champ!
Someone flew their larger Shapeshifter on an H180W(very cool motor!):
[video=youtube;Ub7nIGB0cV4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub7nIGB0cV4&feature=youtu.be[/video]
All in All it was a really great day- tons of flights, low, mid, and High Power, and I know Teddy Had two beautiful flights of his latest creations!
Nate