Martin Vrstal
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Just like Gerbs...I too Certified L1 on Saturday at the monthly TQC launch. My wife, youngest daughter and I arrived shortly after noon, and set up our camp. I then tracked down Brad Wilson...some of you may remember him from the Rocket Challenge. I also paid a visit to Tim Lehr of Wildman Rocketry and purchased a Pro38 I-285. I put the motor together and trimmed the delay to 10 seconds, but after some discussion with Brad and Tim about the winds...pushing 20mph...I retrimmed it to 7 seconds.
Brad went over my papers and my rocket and we proceeded to the pad. I got the igniter in and all set just as it started to spit some rain. The count down started and at the end the I-285 came to life sending my Public Enemy 4" Bullpup to an estimated 2500', right into the sun, it was lost for a sec and then we could se it.....the chute was out this time. The rocket drifted a good 1/2 mile down the corn field.
The Pup was recovered and "NO" damage...I was a very happy camper. Brad inspected it and signed my paper work.
I also flew my Estes Maxi V-2 on a G-64-4. It was a very awesome flight. Absolutely no damage to the reinforced plastic fins...but it did receive a bad zipper on the BT. But it was a successful flight in my book.
I have some pisc of the Pup before and after the flight...but unfortunatly...my photo crew didn't take any of it in the air.
Brad went over my papers and my rocket and we proceeded to the pad. I got the igniter in and all set just as it started to spit some rain. The count down started and at the end the I-285 came to life sending my Public Enemy 4" Bullpup to an estimated 2500', right into the sun, it was lost for a sec and then we could se it.....the chute was out this time. The rocket drifted a good 1/2 mile down the corn field.
The Pup was recovered and "NO" damage...I was a very happy camper. Brad inspected it and signed my paper work.
I also flew my Estes Maxi V-2 on a G-64-4. It was a very awesome flight. Absolutely no damage to the reinforced plastic fins...but it did receive a bad zipper on the BT. But it was a successful flight in my book.
I have some pisc of the Pup before and after the flight...but unfortunatly...my photo crew didn't take any of it in the air.