gpoehlein
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Club launch yesterday (Sunday). Nice weather, light breeze, so I decided to launch the Ranger (kit-bashed from a Bertha). Loaded what I thought were B6-4s into it and put the Q2G2 igniters it. After launch, it goes up less than 100 feet and then seemingly drag seps (never done THAT before, shoulder is long enough and usually tight enough). Continues to boost a bit longer as it king of tumbles upward. By the time the motors eject, it is on its way down with deployed chute.
The post mortem showed that I had actually installed two B6-4s and an A8-0. Bottom line is that A8 popped the chute before the B6s burned out. No damage to the model, just the modeller's ego! I'm still not sure how the A8 got in the wrong compartment (I use several Stanley compartment boxes for motor storage, and I live by myself so no-one has access to them but me), but that will teach me to just grab a motor of three out of the compartment without double checking them!
The post mortem showed that I had actually installed two B6-4s and an A8-0. Bottom line is that A8 popped the chute before the B6s burned out. No damage to the model, just the modeller's ego! I'm still not sure how the A8 got in the wrong compartment (I use several Stanley compartment boxes for motor storage, and I live by myself so no-one has access to them but me), but that will teach me to just grab a motor of three out of the compartment without double checking them!