Launch report: Qmodeling Nike X and Estes Super Nova Payloader/Space Shuttles

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Today on an overcast day…the large Nike X!

 

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Liftoff on an Aerotech F32-6! First time on this motor.

 

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Super straight liftoff!

 

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Great motor for this model!

 

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Way up there!

 

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Long drift…but recoverable!

 

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Finally on the ground!

 

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Next was my Super Nova Payloader that I converted to a Shuttle Glider carrier!

 

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Liftoff on an Aerotech E20-4!

 

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These E20s are so great with a variety of models!

 

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It really gets up there on white lightning power!

 

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The shuttles deployed way up there but we’re hard to see in the overcast sky. One is just above the chute…and the other is up and to the right! See it?

 

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The Payloader on the ground!

 

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The shuttles glided around for a long time cause of the great height…feared I might lose track of them. On a D12-3 it’s much lower and can see them. But the green grass helped them to stand out.

 

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The last picture shows both on ground…#2 near top and #1 in foreground!

 

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Nice pictures of some good looking hardware - thanks for posting those!

 

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