And I hope to do the same thing on Sunday
Yesterday a fellow by the name of “Banjo” Mike (and his brother “Clarinet” Richard) came by with a high-end first person view drone and asked to shoot some drone video of our rockets. He put together this video which has my Fugly Duckling III on a 3xE12 cluster and my already destroyed Sputnik exploding yet again on a D12-3. Plus a lot of drone fooling around.
Another great day of flying it was!
I'll be out Thursday late afternoon qualifying the Mercer Island High School ARC team, and may or may not do some flying at the same time (4 PM ish), but if people show to launch, I just may join you.
But for sure I’ll be at the WAC launch next Saturday, for those of you not chasing the eclipse, see you then!
I was not going to comment on their editing or flying abilities. But yes, Mike told me he liked the CATO so much he included it twice.They liked your big Sputnik CATO so well they used it twice.
There's one spot where they buzzed the tARC team I was helping also shown, as well as a little of the horse farm to the north and several passes around the south field, including buzzing people along the parking lot.
Nice images, nice editing. I'm not sure I appreciate some of what else they were doing, both with respect to FAA restrictions and general safety (flying over people who were not involved in what they were doing, for example).
I can't stop watching this. My wife had me play it multiple times for her also. They choreographed the action fairly well to the song's lyrics.What a great video. Could have had a few more rockets, but we're a biased crowd, I guess.
Hans.
Fun, isn't it? Great choice of music, and I can only imagine how much time he spent lining up the launches with the lyrics. As for the horse farm, yup, entirely possible. They are very nice about letting people in to look for lost rockets.I can't stop watching this. My wife had me play it multiple times for her also. They choreographed the action fairly well to the song's lyrics.
My son and family used to live in Redmond. My granddaughter rode horses, I'm wondering if the nearby stables is where she went.
Hans.
There’s some discussion a page out for back about regulatory minimums. I usually limit to about 800-1000 feet unless it’s really dead calm, in which case I might go up to 1200-1500. Those guidelines plus cutting spill holes in the chutes should keep your rockets out of the trees, horse farms, river, etc.Good morning Seattle area rocketeers. My son is interested in building his first model rocket and I’m going to encourage him by building one myself. Being the type of guy who jumps in the deep end I’ve been doing as much research as I can. Looks like 60 acres during the week is a good launch site. Limited to G impulse but are there any guidelines for maximum altitude?
The height limit is the river to the west, the horse farm to the north, the houses to the east and the blackberries to the south. And I have rockets in all those locations.Good morning Seattle area rocketeers. My son is interested in building his first model rocket and I’m going to encourage him by building one myself. Being the type of guy who jumps in the deep end I’ve been doing as much research as I can. Looks like 60 acres during the week is a good launch site. Limited to G impulse but are there any guidelines for maximum altitude?
A less than successful flight of my Der Big Red Max. But no harm was done to the rocket. The F15-4 nozzle blew out.
A less than successful flight of my Der Big Red Max. But no harm was done to the rocket. The F15-4 nozzle blew out.
That’s one way of putting it!Sooooo…..the delay was a bit short?
I told my son I’d take him to the model expo in Monroe this weekend and he’s been asking for a mode rocket. I’ll get him a starter set tomorrow and would of course need to launch it.The next few days are my only chances to fly for a couple weeks. I’m committed to some time here at the scale model show in Monroe this weekend. But if anyone is flying this weekend I’d try to join you. Otherwise, I might fly Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. it looks like the weather may be acceptable.
Drop by our booth!I told my son I’d take him to the model expo in Monroe this weekend and he’s been asking for a mode rocket. I’ll get him a starter set tomorrow and would of course need to launch it.
Were you able to go?If the weather holds, I plan to fly at 60 Acres tomorrow, Sunday the 21st. Might be gusty, might have a few sprinkles. Hopefully it won’t have soccer….
Nah, I bagged out. It looked like it might rain. Although I don’t think it did.Were you able to go?
Will do. I love company when launching.Let me know the next time you're going there, I'll join you. I need to get some experience before the next WAC launch.
Let me know when. How how did your ARC team(s) do?I'm out this weekend due to demands from work. Hopefully next weekend though.
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