Okay, well, today was the day. And this post will close this thread for me. I consider this, despite what happened today, to have been a very successful build and flight.
She went up straight and true on a J145 long burn, very stable, to a nice arc at apogee.
Drogue came out as expected, with a nice descent.
Main came out at 300' as desired. And I watched as it landed just on the other side of a big patch of reeds. Hmm, what could be beyond those reeds?
Turns out it was a pond. I had to fight through about 30' feet of deep mud (splooch, splooch, 4 or 5" thick), then hack my way through the weeds (6' high and about 20' deep), wade out into the pond (which was only waste deep), and recover.
The beauty is, the BRB900 and the RRC2+ were (and are) in perfect working order. Total, successful recovery--although soaking and filthy. Everything needs a wash.
Alas, due to a 1.5 hour back-up at the Chesapeake Bay bridge and the pond episode, I did not have time to try her on the K600. Next time!
And by the way, the great Neil McIlvray also put his rocket in the drink, so I don't feel so bad. :wink: