Yikes, there's a HOTROC's launch on the same day? I didn't see that announcement yet...
Yikes, there's a HOTROC's launch on the same day? I didn't see that announcement yet...
It is tentative now but Marlin is thinking about it. You know how it is with weather and staying ahead of the planting.
Tough choice with DARS and HOTROCs looking at the 29th for HP but I need Marlin's massive pad for Uber Pike to fly on the M I have. Looks like Asa for me if the winds are light.
Saw your other video post. That was a nice looking Arapahoe! What happened?
The altimeter never detected liftoff, when I got to it it was still beeping out continuity on all channels. That altimeter had a hard landing on its last flight, about 50 fps under drogue. Everything beeped out ok, and I "think" I pressure tested it, but I'm honestly not possitive. This flight would tend to be evidence that I didn't. Mercifully I left the motor charge in, and that got the drogue out.
What altitude did you get out of the Arapaho J and K550W? That was a pretty big grunt it gave at liftoff.
NEVER, EVER, EVER pull a battery out of the pack and assume it is fresh. Get thee to a multi-meter!
I emailed Jim Amos, and he asked if I had tried the diagnostics, so before sending it in I hooked up the altimeter and behold, the barometer was working. So I downloaded the last flight data (why was there new flight data I wondered). Clean flight to 5921 ft (motor was right at 14.5 sec into flight, about 2 sec short of ideal for this flight it seams, not the delays fault, it was well within spec), where the apogee charge attempted to fire and browned out the battery, and reset the whole thing without firing the ejection charge. The baseline voltage on this 9V battery, the "new one" from the box...6.3V according to the altimeter.
Clearly someone in the house is not obeying the mark the partially used batteries with a silver sharpie before returning to the box policy...frankly, it could have been me. I'm looking at this as a very cheap lesson in that the rocket was not damaged, and I will ALWAYS check the batteries from now on.
To summarize RRC3 = Good, Missileworks = Awesome, Rocket = Lucky, Chris = ENTIRELY AT FAULT and lucky.
That is how it's starting to look. I may opt for the Corsicana field since it is new and I would like to see it. Love Asa but man, those walks through the plowed field are rough on us old guys.So does it still look like a Waco vs Corsicana thing going on Feb 27?
I'd be concerned about the wind forecast of 15-25mph cancelling both locations.
Can't make it in either case. ��
David
Edit... Poof. WFAA now says 20-30.
Wind forecasts 9 days out are not all that accurate.
Oops! I had it in my head it was this weekend. Carry on, then.
David
Bad news for the DARs Frisco low and mid power launch on Saturday, Feb 20, though, if that forecast comes to pass.
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