I had a great time out in Berwick today! Perfect weather for flying, and I saw some pretty neat flights. I sent up two rocket myself, the first being my 3"x72" scratchbuild Twenty Two Ton on an H268R.
[video=youtube;JglfA0k2YZ0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JglfA0k2YZ0[/video]
This flight was "exciting" because as shown in the video, the parachute didn't pull out of the tube until about 2-3 seconds after the well-timed deployment event. When it finally did deploy, though, the parachute allowed the rocket to descend at a comfortable rate that spared all of the fragile fins.
My other flight for the day was my Dark Star Jr. in the short configuration on a G64-4. This was a nice low and slow first flight, and the rocket sustained only a few paint scratches.
Based on what I have seen at the last few launches, I think the club should seriously consider flying from the center of the field. At the very least, the pads should be another 50' or so towards the center. A large number of rockets are landing in the trees, and most that do are only beyond the road by a couple dozen feet. I think we would have a better recovery rate if we made use of a little more the generous field.
