GrouchoDuke
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The winds were howling at Delamar yesterday, but I managed to eek out a flight that should set a new I-motor record with my Vanish 38. The rocket took a pretty good turn off the pad from the wind, then flew straight to apogee. Tripoli Vegas' yearly Delamar launch has been really good to me. The rains over the last week threatened to cancel the launch, but the water on the lakebed cleared just enough to allow launches for the event. The launch is great fun and it's always awesome to hang out with everyone.
My rocket started life as a Go Devil 38 kit, but I hacked & slashed down to min-size and it a dose of new carbon fins. Dry weight was about 12 oz. I had a TeleMetrum on board and flew a CTI I216. I lost telemetry when it went behind a mountain while still about a mile in the air. It landed about a mile downrange from that last known point and landed in some muddy bumps that killed its telemetry range. I picked it up with a ham radio at about 500 feet away and DF'd to about 150' away where I finally got another telemetry hit. It took almost 3 hours to find it.
Huge thanks to Rob702Martinez for his awesome help with the recovery and to Pat Harden for his support as a TAP.
There's definitely room for a higher flight -- I'll be back for more!
Here's a video:
My rocket started life as a Go Devil 38 kit, but I hacked & slashed down to min-size and it a dose of new carbon fins. Dry weight was about 12 oz. I had a TeleMetrum on board and flew a CTI I216. I lost telemetry when it went behind a mountain while still about a mile in the air. It landed about a mile downrange from that last known point and landed in some muddy bumps that killed its telemetry range. I picked it up with a ham radio at about 500 feet away and DF'd to about 150' away where I finally got another telemetry hit. It took almost 3 hours to find it.
Huge thanks to Rob702Martinez for his awesome help with the recovery and to Pat Harden for his support as a TAP.
There's definitely room for a higher flight -- I'll be back for more!
Here's a video: