rharshberger
Well-Known Member
Video courtesy of Frank Burke
Flight was as expected, with the exception of the main at apogee. Main at apogee was about 80% anticipated so I had tracking on all sections of the rocket. Actual altitude, if I counted beeps correctly was 5491', will download and post RRC3 data later. Only real hiccup in the whole flight was the damn cornfield, and battery issues with my Eggfinder base unit (needed larger capacity batteries). It took about an hour to recover just the nosecone which was 600' inside a field of corn 8-10' tall, and naturally the irrigation had just hit the area where I found the nose cone.
Big shout out to Cris Erving for his Eggfinder Mini with all the upgrades, in order to find the nosecone I had to be within 10' of it to find it and the Eggfinder got me there, the second person is Jim Amos of Missleworks as his RRC3 Extreme and a RRC2 25K (old one) were the altimeters for this flight and both performed flawlessly, also not to be left out was Steve Thatcher of SMT Design as one of his custom nosecone tracker sleds was used for the Eggfinder (originally the sled was made for my Rabid Weasel but was easily adapted for this flight.
Photo is myself (left side) and Brett Simpkins the kits designer.
Flight was as expected, with the exception of the main at apogee. Main at apogee was about 80% anticipated so I had tracking on all sections of the rocket. Actual altitude, if I counted beeps correctly was 5491', will download and post RRC3 data later. Only real hiccup in the whole flight was the damn cornfield, and battery issues with my Eggfinder base unit (needed larger capacity batteries). It took about an hour to recover just the nosecone which was 600' inside a field of corn 8-10' tall, and naturally the irrigation had just hit the area where I found the nose cone.
Big shout out to Cris Erving for his Eggfinder Mini with all the upgrades, in order to find the nosecone I had to be within 10' of it to find it and the Eggfinder got me there, the second person is Jim Amos of Missleworks as his RRC3 Extreme and a RRC2 25K (old one) were the altimeters for this flight and both performed flawlessly, also not to be left out was Steve Thatcher of SMT Design as one of his custom nosecone tracker sleds was used for the Eggfinder (originally the sled was made for my Rabid Weasel but was easily adapted for this flight.
Photo is myself (left side) and Brett Simpkins the kits designer.