Rocstock November recount

[watermelonman]

Sorry if there is an existing discussion; I did not see one.

Paul Pittinger of LUNAR and myself headed down to Lucerne Valley for Rocstock November. It was a heck of a drive! Lots of rocket fun, though, and a big thanks to ROC for the good times. Probably my best bit of footage was the onboard camera from my L3 bird on an L1115 to about 14k. Here is a frame grab -

 

[watermelonman]

Takeoff, from the ground -

 

[watermelonman]

Nike Smoke before the I303 failed on me -

 

[watermelonman]

Seemed to mostly survive, but definitely not his best day -

 

[watermelonman]

I believe this was a Wildman Shapeshifter on M2080 skidmark that belonged to Dave and Rob Lees? Sorry if I got any part of that wrong, and please feel free to contact me for full resolution copies.

 

[watermelonman]

My Nuke Pro Max on J285 -

 

[watermelonman]

Please tell me if you know who this belongs to, and I have several full resolution to share if the owner wants them.

 

[watermelonman]

Paul with the Great Pumpkin on a dark matter -

 

[SCrocketfan]

Nice shots! The photo from the L1115 onboard is great. Also nice to see the Great Pumpkin back in the air. Is the Nike okay?

 

[tim cubbedge]

Nike Smoke before the I303 failed on me -

Know what caused the I303 failure? That's one of my favorites!

 

[watermelonman]

Know what caused the I303 failure? That's one of my favorites!

No idea! I was shocked. I fly a ton of 38mm Cesaroni blue and this was the first incident of any kind. Jeroen is helping me out, going to take a look at the pieces once the dealer gets them shipped back. Here is some onboard footage, though (vimeo 145757242) -
[video=vimeo;145757242]https://vimeo.com/145757242[/video]

 

[watermelonman]

Here is the big one, custom Wildman on L1115 to near 14k -
[video=vimeo;145897850]https://vimeo.com/145897850[/video]

If the forum is struggling with vimeo.com links again, go there and put 145897850 after the URL or search the number.

 

[tim cubbedge]

Here is the big one, custom Wildman on L1115 to near 14k -

Pretty cool how it started to spin, then stopped, then started again, then stopped & then continued to spin thru the remainder of flight!.

 

[Fuddrucker]

Hey there Watermelonman. You borrowed my shovel to dig out your Nike Nosecone. Had no Idea that was you, but it was nice to have briefly met you.

...Fudd

 

[watermelonman]

Hey there Watermelonman. You borrowed my shovel to dig out your Nike Nosecone. Had no Idea that was you, but it was nice to have briefly met you.

...Fudd

Hah, I should have asked around more folks if they were on here. Thanks a ton for the shovel and nice to meet you!

 

[watermelonman]

Nice shots! The photo from the L1115 onboard is great. Also nice to see the Great Pumpkin back in the air. Is the Nike okay?

I think it will be. There is cracking in the nose cone gelcoat, which I am not sure how to address or even if I should, but remarkably the fiberglass portion of it seems fine. The airframe only seems to have suffered paint damage due to flexing.