mcderek
Free Flight Rocketeer
An honorable end for a fun rocket that suffered catastrophic motor mount failure.
This one has since been rebuilt, and now I have another I59WN and hardware to feed it again....So we are posting "All Dead...or MOSTLY Dead"....
The Rabid Weasel (Blue Tube 2.0 Weasel MD clone) Before...
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Eventually the fincan will be rebuilt, I59WN Cato at 30' altitude.
YIKES!!!Not exactly a Rest in Pieces story, but I had to clean out my "rocket" garage today as we had a major leak in the roof. Ruined a lot of tubes, and two very large rockets. lesson learned, don't keep things directly on the floor.
From this:
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to this:
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Took them to our local recycling / dump and I had to assure the guy working there that the rockets were inert and wouldn't blow up if I put them in the dumpster.
Did you have an end loader with you to pull to extricate it?My 7.5" V2 this last weekend...full of gremlins is the only way I can understand neither altimeter firing a charge...
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The loss of your Public Enemy Honest John hurts me nearly as much as you. Hate to see one of these birds lost. I see elsewhere that you're searching for a replacement.Lost my Public Enemy Honest John a few weeks ago on an L2 attempt. Flew on a J435 and the motor failed to ignite the ejection. It was scary coming down because we didn’t know where it was coming down. All we heard was the sound of a bomb being dropped. Pulled the motor out at home and the DMS casing had a large rip in the side. Trying to find the parts to rebuild it. Sent Aerotech an email bout it but they didn’t have any interest.
OH NOOOOO, not the Harpoon,Not exactly a Rest in Pieces story, but I had to clean out my "rocket" garage today as we had a major leak in the roof.