Odo
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2013
- Messages
- 623
- Reaction score
- 2
Last summer I went to launch my new Estes Vagabond, it was my first D rocket, and had been painstakingly painted.
I launched it, and on its maiden voyage it was lost in a massive field of grass higher than my chest. Now, almost half a year later, Ive found it while launching my SpaceX Falcon 9 (Also this was my Falcon9s last launch, it had been launched over 40 times and its internals finally gave way :sad
I noticed the grass behind the trees was shorter where the Vagabond had fell, so I went and looked, and sure enough I found her. In a bad state however.
The nose cone was no where to be found along with the parachute, and 2 of the fins were knocked off. It is my belief that the rocket was hit with a bloody lawnmower.
The entire body tube is warped and curved, and the D engine is caked and solidified inside the engine mount.. And.. There is a black widow living inside of the tube.
So what better way to get rid of a blackwidow then an ejection charge! Well that was the original plan. But it didn't work considering I couldn't get the other engine out of the engine mount. So the next best thing? A viking funeral for my poor fallen rocket! Thats right, I filled it with lighter fuel and set it ablaze :lol: (I'd like to mention its paint was completely untouched. It had weathered many storms and was still bright orange and black!)
So. For anyone who still remembered my build thread for my Estes Vagabond, theres some closure for you.
And now, heres a picture of my Vagabond on its maiden voyage, on that hazy morning, all those months ago.
Now let us have a moment of silence for my first (and most certainly not my last) rocket lost.
[video=youtube;WChTqYlDjtI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI[/video]
I launched it, and on its maiden voyage it was lost in a massive field of grass higher than my chest. Now, almost half a year later, Ive found it while launching my SpaceX Falcon 9 (Also this was my Falcon9s last launch, it had been launched over 40 times and its internals finally gave way :sad
I noticed the grass behind the trees was shorter where the Vagabond had fell, so I went and looked, and sure enough I found her. In a bad state however.
The nose cone was no where to be found along with the parachute, and 2 of the fins were knocked off. It is my belief that the rocket was hit with a bloody lawnmower.
The entire body tube is warped and curved, and the D engine is caked and solidified inside the engine mount.. And.. There is a black widow living inside of the tube.
So what better way to get rid of a blackwidow then an ejection charge! Well that was the original plan. But it didn't work considering I couldn't get the other engine out of the engine mount. So the next best thing? A viking funeral for my poor fallen rocket! Thats right, I filled it with lighter fuel and set it ablaze :lol: (I'd like to mention its paint was completely untouched. It had weathered many storms and was still bright orange and black!)
So. For anyone who still remembered my build thread for my Estes Vagabond, theres some closure for you.
And now, heres a picture of my Vagabond on its maiden voyage, on that hazy morning, all those months ago.
Now let us have a moment of silence for my first (and most certainly not my last) rocket lost.
[video=youtube;WChTqYlDjtI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI[/video]
