AT L-1000 DMS – flying case with a nose cone and 4 fins

[watheyak]

And no2872 earns a swift ignore.

 

[crossfire]

Now be nice fellas

 

[rcktnut]

mo2872 said:

Holy smokes, what a flight!!!! I hope someone got a video......I couldn’t get my phone going quick enough!

How dare you compliment a flight before the OP pats himself on the back on a public forum.

 

[rfjustin]

We have good news, and we have bad news. You all with have to pardon my brevity, it has been a LONG day. Super proud that both flew bullet straight, neither shredded, so we know the constructions was up to par on both!

Bad news is, both are currently MIA and cant pick up a tracker signal on either. I lost tracker signal on the way down on the carbon one, unknown as to why. The fiberglass one had signal for nearly minutes after apogee, but could not be picked up again later in the field.

These things hauled, straight and fast... Bit of a sigh that I cant find them... I'm rather tencious about finding things that are MIA, but had to give up once the sun set... What a great day though regardless...

 

[rfjustin]

Anyone that wants to take a crack and finding them.... 223.010 and 219.550

Reward to paid in the form of a J motor of your choosing.

 

[crossfire]

Great they held together. How far out from launch site did you go when searching? Hard to leave any rocket not found.

 

[rfjustin]

 

[teepot]

I hope they turn up.

 

[Conway Stevens]

Kind of a dick move for guys to post any flight info on build threads before the OP does!

Just saying...

I'm willing to be sent to my room..if need be.

Tony

Couldnt agree more Tony.

 

[Theory]

Crappy that you can’t find them, but awesome they held together!!!

 

[FredA]

Crappy that you can’t find them, but awesome they held together!!!

If you couldn't see them and can't find them, how do you know they held together?

But - sure hope you do find them and they are intact. Awesome build thread.

 

[Buckeye]

I like the handles on the tower.

 

[crossfire]

JF did you guys try a differant receiver? Signal loose on both flights is very strange.

 

[ThePlmbr]

Good luck Justin. I hope you or someone finds them. Greg Olson

 

[watheyak]

If you couldn't see them and can't find them, how do you know they held together?

I would say that if the rockets flew straight while under boost and tracking smoke, which are a visible phases of flight, you can reasonably infer that they held together.

You may have experienced otherwise (in which case I'm sure it's an interesting story and I'd like to hear it), but you'd have to admit that such an occurrence would be fluke-ey and weird.

Good luck finding them, Justin! You've got the got the collective conscience of your supporters behind you. And hopefully some volunteers at the launch

 

[Bowman]

Good luck Justin. I hope you or someone finds them. Greg Olson

If only there was a way to mount the yagi to a drone to get a better (higher) line of sight.

 

[DAllen]

Anyone that wants to take a crack and finding them.... 223.010 and 219.550

Reward to paid in the form of a J motor of your choosing.

Dang...wish I was there. I'd hunt a looooooong time for a reward like that. Guess I'm cheap lol.

 

[ThePlmbr]

Good evening Justin. Any news on your two missing rockets? Greg Olson

 

[rfjustin]

Good evening Justin. Any news on your two missing rockets? Greg Olson

Not at this time sir...

 

[Dipstick]

Anyone else snag video of these flights?

 

[ThePlmbr]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully someone finds both of them. Have a good day. Greg Olson

 

[crossfire]

Justin did you shoot any video of the flights?

 

[rfjustin]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully someone finds both of them. Have a good day. Greg Olson

No, I wanted to watch the flights.... too much work to watch these through a viewfinder.

 

[grouch]

Dude sorry to hear. Good luck with the eventual recovery! --- Optimism!

 

[tim cubbedge]

I heard kloudbusters found a booster they’re claiming is from your Arcas?

 

[crossfire]

I heard kloudbusters found a booster they’re claiming is from your Arcas?

Who's Arcas

 

[tim cubbedge]

Who's Arcas

Ummm.......maybe not not his after all.

 

[SR71LGT]

Sweet techniques!!

 

[rfjustin]

@GRIFFIN tells me that @UPscaler found the carbon finned one, or at least what's left of it. The word on the street is that it appears to have lawn darted, and to add insult to injury, was subject to a controlled field burn.

@GRIFFIN will send me a pic or two here in a bit. If I see (4) fins attached to a burnt carcass, I'll be "happy" at this point...

Best,

 

[mo2872]

That would have been a heck of a dart!