My day started at 4:30 and two cups of coffee later I was on the road to hopefully have a successful launch. I arrived at Rabbit Dry Lake near Lucerne at around 7:00 am. And I was unloading my stuff I was approached by a guy (Jacob) and his nephew (Nathan) asking directions to Lucerne. They wanted to watch the launch that was going on. I invited to stay and launch rockets with me and they did and I made some new friends. Nathan who was probably around 13 or so couldn't wait to launch the rockets and it was nice because I didn't have to chase any and while they were fetching the rockets I was prepping the ones for the next flight.
So I started with 10 and came home with 4 and 2 of the rockets I gave to Jacob and Nathan because they had some bad luck as well. I also gave them some chutes and other goodies. Nathan ended up prepping the rockets and launching them. Each time they were very successful flights so with that lets get into the rockets that were a success and that I enjoyed watching the most.
First up the Red and White "E" powered rocket. Nothing fancy and just a BT-60. I gave this rocket to Nathan. We flew it with both 18" and 24" plastic chutes and both chutes blossomed in the blue sky. Absolutely outstanding flights. The rocket went to about 1800' just guessing.
Next up was a BT-60 just like the one above but flew on an 18mm rocket. Estimated at 800' I also gave Nathan this rocket too. You are going to have to pick it out in this group picture because I didn't get a picture of it, but I'm sure Jacob did. If he did I'll post it later.
One of my favorites was my red, white and blue with canted fins. Flying high on a C6-7. I had a few successful flights with this rocket until we ran out of the smaller engines. It was really cool to watch it spin into the sky. I'll have to build more of these. This one went around 700' and perfectly straight.
Next one up was the BT-60 Cluster of C6-7. This rocket screamed off the pad and I know it was at least 1200' or more before the chute open. I flew it a couple times and each flight was perfect
The last one that I was able to bring home or should I say was very successful was my Red and White BT-60. Flew really well on C6-5 and 7. Went around 700' and prefect deployment of the chute. Just awesome to watch the chute open. Keep in mind Nathan prepped and packed all these rockets. I showed him how and to be liberal with the baby powder. Great results.
Next post the carnage.....stay tuned...
So I started with 10 and came home with 4 and 2 of the rockets I gave to Jacob and Nathan because they had some bad luck as well. I also gave them some chutes and other goodies. Nathan ended up prepping the rockets and launching them. Each time they were very successful flights so with that lets get into the rockets that were a success and that I enjoyed watching the most.
First up the Red and White "E" powered rocket. Nothing fancy and just a BT-60. I gave this rocket to Nathan. We flew it with both 18" and 24" plastic chutes and both chutes blossomed in the blue sky. Absolutely outstanding flights. The rocket went to about 1800' just guessing.
Next up was a BT-60 just like the one above but flew on an 18mm rocket. Estimated at 800' I also gave Nathan this rocket too. You are going to have to pick it out in this group picture because I didn't get a picture of it, but I'm sure Jacob did. If he did I'll post it later.
One of my favorites was my red, white and blue with canted fins. Flying high on a C6-7. I had a few successful flights with this rocket until we ran out of the smaller engines. It was really cool to watch it spin into the sky. I'll have to build more of these. This one went around 700' and perfectly straight.
Next one up was the BT-60 Cluster of C6-7. This rocket screamed off the pad and I know it was at least 1200' or more before the chute open. I flew it a couple times and each flight was perfect
The last one that I was able to bring home or should I say was very successful was my Red and White BT-60. Flew really well on C6-5 and 7. Went around 700' and prefect deployment of the chute. Just awesome to watch the chute open. Keep in mind Nathan prepped and packed all these rockets. I showed him how and to be liberal with the baby powder. Great results.
Next post the carnage.....stay tuned...