Spacepirate R
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I had time for another launch this morning and even though it is a bit breezy out (5-10 mph or so) I decided to send up 3 rockets.
The great news is that I am no longer wary of sending my Semroc Goblin up on more powerful engines at this field. I used the adapter and a C6-5, angled it into the wind, and hit the button. WOW!
It went way up there but I could just see it the whole way. I doubt that it was 1,000 feet due to the angle but it went higher than any other rocket that I have launched here. The very long streamer that came with the kit worked very well and it drifted back to maybe a little over 100 feet from the pad. Not bad for the wind this morning and I am ready to try it on a C11-5 and maybe, maybe, a D.
THe good news is that my recently repaired Semroc My Boid flew wonderfully on an A8-3, but the winds gave me a long walk with it's 12" chute with a spill hole. I will try it again soon when the air is more still.
The weird news is what happened to my Estes Big Bertha "The Beat Stick" It is living up to it's name and will start looking like it too. After it's chute got shredded due to the "extra" delay on a C6-5 I made a 14" chute out of a black trash bag. I sent it up on a B6-4 and after it got up there a big gust of wind hit. The rocket was blown before chute! The chute crumpled in the wind but the rocket was blown back right to the pad! The only damage was to some fin roots having a slight crack but that it fixable. Weird that the Bertha acted like a sail in the wind.:eyepop:
The great news is that I am no longer wary of sending my Semroc Goblin up on more powerful engines at this field. I used the adapter and a C6-5, angled it into the wind, and hit the button. WOW!
It went way up there but I could just see it the whole way. I doubt that it was 1,000 feet due to the angle but it went higher than any other rocket that I have launched here. The very long streamer that came with the kit worked very well and it drifted back to maybe a little over 100 feet from the pad. Not bad for the wind this morning and I am ready to try it on a C11-5 and maybe, maybe, a D. THe good news is that my recently repaired Semroc My Boid flew wonderfully on an A8-3, but the winds gave me a long walk with it's 12" chute with a spill hole. I will try it again soon when the air is more still.
The weird news is what happened to my Estes Big Bertha "The Beat Stick" It is living up to it's name and will start looking like it too. After it's chute got shredded due to the "extra" delay on a C6-5 I made a 14" chute out of a black trash bag. I sent it up on a B6-4 and after it got up there a big gust of wind hit. The rocket was blown before chute! The chute crumpled in the wind but the rocket was blown back right to the pad!
The only damage was to some fin roots having a slight crack but that it fixable. Weird that the Bertha acted like a sail in the wind.:eyepop:
