Had a great day of flying with our home club TRA/PHX last weekend. I got to fly two "Sharon's Sparkler" loads, one in a 54/2550 casing that one of the Embry-Riddle students got pictures of. Sorry that I didn't get his name, but the pictures are awesome!
This is my minimum diameter Blackhawk 54 called Silver streak, flying on an L1001 SS2 load using a fly away rail guide.
We have ignition:
About half way through the 3 second burn time:
If you look closely, you can see the fly away rail guide in the plume about ten feet down on the right.
I have a couple more pictures, but am having trouble loading them.
This flight went to 14,384 ft. It probably would have gone higher if it was the "Not Your Wimpy Red" load I thought it was, but now we know where the Sharon's sparkler motor went too... It's pretty bad when you can't keep track of all the motors you built.
This is my minimum diameter Blackhawk 54 called Silver streak, flying on an L1001 SS2 load using a fly away rail guide.
We have ignition:
About half way through the 3 second burn time:
If you look closely, you can see the fly away rail guide in the plume about ten feet down on the right.
I have a couple more pictures, but am having trouble loading them.
This flight went to 14,384 ft. It probably would have gone higher if it was the "Not Your Wimpy Red" load I thought it was, but now we know where the Sharon's sparkler motor went too... It's pretty bad when you can't keep track of all the motors you built.
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