But first order of the day is to retrieve my upscale MaxterMind from the Rocket Eatin' Trees!!
Whoo-who!
I got my MaxterMind out of the Rocket Eatin' Trees today!!
There were some migrant workers on the field pulling Spanish
Moss from the trees. I paid'em $20 to retrieve my rocket.
The guy put a 40 foot ladder up the tree, then climbed
another 20 feet like he was born in the tree tops!
The on board camera has video! The Raven works
and said the flight was 2745'. The MaWD is beeping the
continuous error tone on power up. But the video captured
beeps for 2706 while it was laying across the canopy.
The motor case has to soak for a while. The o-rings. nozzle
and seal disk all came out OK, but the liner is cooked on
pretty good.
The Spherachute hardly looks used or abused. I had managed
to get a line on the recovery harness last month and pulled the
nose cone and chute down below the leaves. I guess the sun
couldn't reach in enough to even fade the colors.
The main body tube has a good zipper - from trying to yank
it outta the tree, not the flight. The Av-Bay is in good
shape, and the payload is just slightly out of round.
Dang good stuff that Blue Tube! Especially for being in the
weather for a month.
This can easily be rebuilt.
Overall a great day at TTRA!
Off to try and edit down an hour of video to just the
flight... Then head back tomorrow for day two!