Today I attended the Superstition Spacemodeling Society, NAR Section 506, launch at our Kofa site. I flew a LOC Precision Warlock using a CTI J285. I made the bird 15 inches longer to accommodate a baffle. And I added 1.7 grams of 4F black powder to insure nose cone separation and parachute deployment. I used a 36 inch chute tied to the nose cone, and a 60 inch chute on a swivel tied to a D-ring 5 feet down the 17 foot shock cord.
Ignition! Great flight. Arcing over gently at apogee, the nose separated. The small chute filled almost immediately, pulling the 60 inch chute out of my homemade deployment bag. And the main inflated, no chute tangling, for a gentle return back to our planet.
And yes, this was my Level 2 Certification flight! Yahoo!
Bob in Phoenix
Level 1 THOY Falcon CTI H163 20 Nov 21
Level 2 LOC Warlock CTI J285 21 Jan 23
Ignition! Great flight. Arcing over gently at apogee, the nose separated. The small chute filled almost immediately, pulling the 60 inch chute out of my homemade deployment bag. And the main inflated, no chute tangling, for a gentle return back to our planet.
And yes, this was my Level 2 Certification flight! Yahoo!
Bob in Phoenix
Level 1 THOY Falcon CTI H163 20 Nov 21
Level 2 LOC Warlock CTI J285 21 Jan 23