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Preston, those are great. I'll PM my email address.
Thanks
Thanks
I'm working my back home to NJ after spending the night in Indianapolis, should be home tonight.
I'd like to thank the KloudBusters for once again hosting an outstanding event.
Also I'm hoping someone got photos of my 4-stage flight on Friday. Please PM me if you have something you're willing to share with me. By the way, the final altitude was 21,000 (my personal best) and all stages were recovered with no damage.
So impressive Fred!! I love watching the videos of your flights. Hope to see a video of this one for sure. What were the motors? Looked a lot bigger than your others!!!
I had a Hobby King video camera strapped to the side of the top stage but the video file is corrupted. I'm hopeful I'll be able to recover at least part of it. If successful will post it here.
The rocket is a combination of airframes I've flown dozens of times in various configurations. This was the second attempt as a 4-stage. The first was at URRF with a smaller motor load, but the fourth stage didn't light.
The Airfest configuration was 17 and a half feet tall and weighed 55 pounds ready for flight. The booster airframe was 4 inch diameter, thick-walled fiberglass; the others 3 inch.
It boosted on a CTI L3200, then AT K1275R and K550W, and finally a Loki K350 white long-burn. That's the biggest motor load that'll fit in the tubes.
I use Ravens for staging and backup deployment on all stages. The top two had Telemetrum's for GPS tracking and primary deployment. The bottom two used StratoLoggers as primaries. The second stage also had Beeline transmitter for RDF tracking.
I had a Hobby King video camera strapped to the side of the top stage but the video file is corrupted. I'm hopeful I'll be able to recover at least part of it. If successful will post it here.
The rocket is a combination of airframes I've flown dozens of times in various configurations. This was the second attempt as a 4-stage. The first was at URRF with a smaller motor load, but the fourth stage didn't light.
The Airfest configuration was 17 and a half feet tall and weighed 55 pounds ready for flight. The booster airframe was 4 inch diameter, thick-walled fiberglass; the others 3 inch.
It boosted on a CTI L3200, then AT K1275R and K550W, and finally a Loki K350 white long-burn. That's the biggest motor load that'll fit in the tubes.
How'd the airstart go Teddy?
The rocket is a combination of airframes I've flown dozens of times in various configurations. This was the second attempt as a 4-stage. The first was at URRF with a smaller motor load, but the fourth stage didn't light.
The Airfest configuration was 17 and a half feet tall and weighed 55 pounds ready for flight. The booster airframe was 4 inch diameter, thick-walled fiberglass; the others 3 inch.
It boosted on a CTI L3200, then AT K1275R and K550W, and finally a Loki K350 white long-burn. That's the biggest motor load that'll fit in the tubes.
I use Ravens for staging and backup deployment on all stages. The top two had Telemetrum's for GPS tracking and primary deployment. The bottom two used StratoLoggers as primaries. The second stage also had Beeline transmitter for RDF tracking.
I had a Hobby King video camera strapped to the side of the top stage but the video file is corrupted. I'm hopeful I'll be able to recover at least part of it. If successful will post it here.
My wife Sandy and I are home..
What a wonderful time we both had..
It's just impossible to thank this club enough..
The Kloudbusters puts on an event that is simply not to be missed...
The flights are just the coolest most fantastic flights you've ever seen,,
one right after another....
It seems like every rocketeer in the country waits all year to put their best flight of the year up at this launch...
It's really tough to even assemble a rocket,,
every time the LCO announces a flight you think,, what !!,, no way !!,, I've got to see this one,, lol,, this is all day long, day after day....
Each and every one of you,, Thank you so much...
I just don't know what else to say..
Teddy
Well guys, Airfest was great like always. I do have one complaint....I had some reloads stolen from me at the launch. I never thought I would have that happen in this tight community of wonderful people. If you happen to have picked up a K2045 from me at the launch and forgot to pay for it, please do the right thing and email me([email protected]). I won't share who you are and will assume it was an accident. We as vendors are not big box retailers, and this kind of stuff really hurts us. This kind of loss affects our lively-hoods. I now have to look into cameras to keep an eye on people, which in turn will cost more money, be another thing I have to setup..ect. The loss of the motor occurred Sunday or Monday.
That's really horrible. Last weekend at ROC I was chatting with Mike from BAR, and a flyer came up to him and said, "Oh you weren't here a little while ago, so I took a motor, how much do I owe you?". THAT is what rocketry people are like... hope it was just something that somebody forgot about at the time.
Inquiring minds want to know ... misplaced or "borrowed"?Motor was located and squared away guys. Thanks.
Inquiring minds want to know ... misplaced or "borrowed"?
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