prowlerguy
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Man, was Monday a great day for flying here! After grinding down a 3/16" rod to fit my Quest pad, I had a wonderful day of firsts. My father and two sons went to a local set of ball diamonds and went to work, despite some gusty winds.
1) My Blue Ninja made her maiden voyage on a C11.
2) My Blue Ninja went up on my first D ever.
3) My EchoStar made her maiden voyage as a single stage.
4) My EchoStar made my first successful two stage flight ever.
5) My Gemini DC had the first completely successful recovery deployment (two fully inflated parachutes).
No rockets lost to trees, no damage to any airframes. Just good all around fun.
Lessons learned:
a) Stick with Estes TP for small diameter rockets, as celluose seemed to not do so well in my Wizard (partially compromised streamer, no rocket damage)
b) You can't fit big enough streamers into a Gemini DC to do the job It came straight down at the speed of heat, and stuck like a lawn dart about 3" into moist soil. A few scrathes on the paint are all I paid for that lesson.
Sorry, no launch pictures, but here are some static ones:
1) My Blue Ninja made her maiden voyage on a C11.
2) My Blue Ninja went up on my first D ever.
3) My EchoStar made her maiden voyage as a single stage.
4) My EchoStar made my first successful two stage flight ever.
5) My Gemini DC had the first completely successful recovery deployment (two fully inflated parachutes).
No rockets lost to trees, no damage to any airframes. Just good all around fun.
Lessons learned:
a) Stick with Estes TP for small diameter rockets, as celluose seemed to not do so well in my Wizard (partially compromised streamer, no rocket damage)
b) You can't fit big enough streamers into a Gemini DC to do the job It came straight down at the speed of heat, and stuck like a lawn dart about 3" into moist soil. A few scrathes on the paint are all I paid for that lesson.
Sorry, no launch pictures, but here are some static ones:
