Planet Andy
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Greetings all...
Yesterday 8/15 decided to get in an evening launch before hurricane Charley whipped his tail round our parts. Air was still. High ceiling overcast. 1)"#1" (estes sizzler painted by wife) on 1/2A62. Low flight straight up and straight down on streamer. recovery 8 ft from pad. 2)"Razor3" on A83. Perfect 500ft flight. So straight I can see the burn all the way from underneath. Returns on streamer unscathed 50 ft. from pad. 3)Custom Ion Pulsar on B44. Best flight ever for this bird. Straight up very light spin. Perfect arc and spillhole chute expulsion textbook. A little drift but still well clear of woods and 50 ft. from pad. Recovery without a scratch... Andy's internal dialogue follows: "Hey I got this C67 in my box... what a way to end the day! Geez this motor's packed to the brim...I dunno Davey (some of you in my age bracket will get that reference)...is it even recommended for the IP? DO IT!...Last 2 C67 launches were never seen again... It's got some mass and there's no wind...It'll be fine... DO IT!" 4) Beautiful accelerating launch straight up to maybe 700 ft. Brilliant burn visible from below. Majestic arc seems more like 7 minutes than 7 seconds...arc towards woods but still plenty clear at ejection... Oh beautiful spillhole chute resplendent in your fullness...Oh THERE'S the wind up there at like 500 ft... drifting drifting drifting... you guys know the rest. Somewhere in the swampy woods (I know they're swampy now) between the field and the James Baird State Park Golf Course (" you lost? uh..we heard it but didn't see it") lies the Ion Pulsar. It had been my proudest, most protracted and beautiful build. Such is the sport right? Will get another and it will be at least as nice! Only regret is not having a picture of it. So when I got home after picking up a pint of Chocolate Moose Droppings Ice Cream I immediately set about documenting the current fleet also cause some of you have requested pics.
Attached is a jpg of my Estes Guardian...another fine build that has had several safe returns. I'm not clear as to how to attach more than one jpg as some of you do. I'll send more in later posts.
On the bench:
Estes GBU Paveway
Still In the bag:
Custom Redliner
JUST IN and appropriately named... my first JimKit! the futuristic and sleek Fliskit Long Overdue
Printed on CardStock:
Fliskit Marauder (THANKS JIM!)
Keeping all in perspective, I hope all of you and yours are safe in the wake of the Tropical Storms.
Andy
Yesterday 8/15 decided to get in an evening launch before hurricane Charley whipped his tail round our parts. Air was still. High ceiling overcast. 1)"#1" (estes sizzler painted by wife) on 1/2A62. Low flight straight up and straight down on streamer. recovery 8 ft from pad. 2)"Razor3" on A83. Perfect 500ft flight. So straight I can see the burn all the way from underneath. Returns on streamer unscathed 50 ft. from pad. 3)Custom Ion Pulsar on B44. Best flight ever for this bird. Straight up very light spin. Perfect arc and spillhole chute expulsion textbook. A little drift but still well clear of woods and 50 ft. from pad. Recovery without a scratch... Andy's internal dialogue follows: "Hey I got this C67 in my box... what a way to end the day! Geez this motor's packed to the brim...I dunno Davey (some of you in my age bracket will get that reference)...is it even recommended for the IP? DO IT!...Last 2 C67 launches were never seen again... It's got some mass and there's no wind...It'll be fine... DO IT!" 4) Beautiful accelerating launch straight up to maybe 700 ft. Brilliant burn visible from below. Majestic arc seems more like 7 minutes than 7 seconds...arc towards woods but still plenty clear at ejection... Oh beautiful spillhole chute resplendent in your fullness...Oh THERE'S the wind up there at like 500 ft... drifting drifting drifting... you guys know the rest. Somewhere in the swampy woods (I know they're swampy now) between the field and the James Baird State Park Golf Course (" you lost? uh..we heard it but didn't see it") lies the Ion Pulsar. It had been my proudest, most protracted and beautiful build. Such is the sport right? Will get another and it will be at least as nice! Only regret is not having a picture of it. So when I got home after picking up a pint of Chocolate Moose Droppings Ice Cream I immediately set about documenting the current fleet also cause some of you have requested pics.
Attached is a jpg of my Estes Guardian...another fine build that has had several safe returns. I'm not clear as to how to attach more than one jpg as some of you do. I'll send more in later posts.
On the bench:
Estes GBU Paveway
Still In the bag:
Custom Redliner
JUST IN and appropriately named... my first JimKit! the futuristic and sleek Fliskit Long Overdue
Printed on CardStock:
Fliskit Marauder (THANKS JIM!)
Keeping all in perspective, I hope all of you and yours are safe in the wake of the Tropical Storms.
Andy