Radical Rocketeers - April 19 - Great Meadows, NJ

The Radical Rocketeers will be holding their April launch, Saturday, April 19th, from 9am to 4pm at their home field in Great Meadows, NJ. The range will be open to low, mid and high power flights, with an FAA waiver in effect to 5000 feet.

We are located just minutes from I-80 exit 19 in northwestern NJ. See our website at https://www.radrocketeers.org for more info and directions to the field.

Jim Z

Nothing like the smell of buning AP in the spring.

Hope to get there, that's if I don,t haveto work again.

Will Jose be there?

Plan to be there too.

ARGH I can't go.

::\sigh::

Anyway, I've got a job lined up in NJ, so I'll be sticking around for future launches.

CarVac said:

ARGH I can't go.

::\sigh::

Anyway, I've got a job lined up in NJ, so I'll be sticking around for future launches.

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I'm sorry you can't come tomorrow,,,
But that's nice to hear that you'll be able to come to more launches,,,,,,,,


It's going to be a great launch tomorrow for sure.............

Teddy

No, No Jose he has school work to get ready for Monday.

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

It surly was a great day Nate,,,
Even with the wind,,,
But a day at the field is awfully hard to beat anyhow.....

Teddy

Very nice flights Nate! Your flights are always a joy to watch. I'm glad the Shapeshifter Mini survived its subterranean exploration.

Jim Z

Loved all the videos! Looks like it was a great day!

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