Well, I finally got around to launching my Estes Big Daddy that I modded into a 29mm. I launched it on an F39T-6 in a 24mm adapter for its first flight. Liftoff, and the flight were great. I had only added about 3 oz of nose weight to the build and it really flew great. When the rocket came back into sight all I could see was a nosecone and rocket body floating down, no parachute. It had been ripped completely off. The nose cone and one fin buried in the ground and another fin cracked.
Anyways I do not know if it ejected too early or too late as it was out of sight, but here is the aftermath. Rocksim had it going at just ovver 20mph at 6 sec. and optimal dely being at 7. The last two of these reloads I fired out of this package were all several seconds too late.
The rocket just before this one was my TLP Alarm that I had modded into a Talon. I launched it on the same reload. The flight was great, even with the 10+MPH wind and the snow falling. It reached apogee and just arced over and started to come in ballistic. The nose cone finally blew and its new 18" nylon parachute popped out and just floated along with it down to earth, never opening. I thought for sure this rocket had been destroyed, but to my suprise their was not a single scratch on the rocket.
Last off the rod was my new Estes Crossbow, and you guessed it, parachute came out and didn't open. I recovered it without a scratch as well. My Scimitar was the only rocket that a parachute deployed on, and true to form one of the rear fins popped loose from the body. Go figure...
Anyways I do not know if it ejected too early or too late as it was out of sight, but here is the aftermath. Rocksim had it going at just ovver 20mph at 6 sec. and optimal dely being at 7. The last two of these reloads I fired out of this package were all several seconds too late.
The rocket just before this one was my TLP Alarm that I had modded into a Talon. I launched it on the same reload. The flight was great, even with the 10+MPH wind and the snow falling. It reached apogee and just arced over and started to come in ballistic. The nose cone finally blew and its new 18" nylon parachute popped out and just floated along with it down to earth, never opening. I thought for sure this rocket had been destroyed, but to my suprise their was not a single scratch on the rocket.
Last off the rod was my new Estes Crossbow, and you guessed it, parachute came out and didn't open. I recovered it without a scratch as well. My Scimitar was the only rocket that a parachute deployed on, and true to form one of the rear fins popped loose from the body. Go figure...