The electronics are trash by now. Would be hoping to snag a quick link with a magnet but I don't believe it's known if there was one exposed on the harness out in the open. I think Bill said that no drogue was seen but a segment of the
harness was whipping behind the airframe with the fincan down. If there was a drogue out at the end of a good length of harness, could have drifted over the canal (which he says is unlikely) and if it went in the drink, I would think the drogue
would have ended up on the bank and we wouldn't be having this discussion. I thought it was said there was a short segment of harness seen. Probably no quick link on it? If there was, I'd get one person to sling the magnet and one to sweep
with a pole! Might as well try both!
If it's fiberglass fins/airframe it should be very salvageable and of course would be nice to get the motor casing/retainer back. Cripes the fincan hits the water and then the soft mud, I'm surprised it didn't "stick" the landing
Ok I found it:
Forgot to connect a quicklink on a long necked rocket. Apogee blew the upper bay off and the
rocket body started down fincan up/open end down. The camera was on the sustainer end. Can see the drogue come out of the chute protector and enough drag was generated for the fincan to flop down for the high speed ride to the ground. Frame by frame shows the main out on the upper bay and it just about beat the sustainer to terra firma. No one saw the upper bay until the main deployed. This is a cardboard rocket and nothing zippered. There was a slight bend in the sustainer I did a two ounce glass wrap and the rocket still flies. If you watch to close to the end, you can catch the Rocketman chute on the upper bay. Again I was amazed it
didn't zipper. Must have been tumbling.
Here's what happens with distressed cardboard:
This time camera was on the upper bay looking down. When the main blew it stripped the cardboard tube off the ebay so the fully opened main gave this small 4 inch ebay the softest
landing ever. The camera fluttered down on the stripped cardboard and hence had a relatively soft landing and survived. Frame by frame caught shots of the sustainer going in and the old broken harness wrapping around the rocket body. Caught quite a few shots of the sustainer as the camera was fluttering around randomly and one shot was seen of the main chute looking up. Actually the fincan is solid and waiting for a rebuild!
Kurt