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[video=youtube;91_ckImvFaM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91_ckImvFaM[/video]

This is the time of year when they put pumpkin on everything, even coffee. Leah and I put a dollar-store foam pumpkin on a C6-0.

Ari.

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It actually flies straight with no fins of any kind? I made one with sticks and small bat fins named Pumpnik. Goes probably 300 feet on a c6.

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The trick is to get CG over CP :=)

A squat pumpkin has similar aerodynamics to a spool or disk. Stuffing the motor all the way to the top of the pumpkin helps, too.

Ari.
 
Second flight today, at Moffett. Video credit: Nolan Leake.

Ari.

[video=youtube;1eg0tPVon7w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eg0tPVon7w[/video]
 
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