After two failures I fianlly certified level 2. My first attempt (Three years ago now) went up a mile and down a mile and 8 feet. My second (two years ago) also did not have a chute deploy but only broke in half.
Today my repaired Binder Velociraptor went up on a Cesaroni K650SS. It went up to 6500 feet. If we had not had a rocket tracker we would have never found it. It drifted about a mile and a 1/4. We tracked it into a forest. We finally found it by looking up. The chute was stuck 29.5 feet up in a tree. I know it was not 30 because it took all of the 30 recovery pole to get it down.
The only pic I have is on my cel phone and I am not smart enough to get it off the phone yet.
The people at Tripoli Southern Minesota were great as always and I thank my brother Paul who was sacrificed to the thousands of giant mosquitos. I also thank my wife who stayed home so I would be less worried about how long it takes to find a rocket even with a rocket hunter.
Today my repaired Binder Velociraptor went up on a Cesaroni K650SS. It went up to 6500 feet. If we had not had a rocket tracker we would have never found it. It drifted about a mile and a 1/4. We tracked it into a forest. We finally found it by looking up. The chute was stuck 29.5 feet up in a tree. I know it was not 30 because it took all of the 30 recovery pole to get it down.
The only pic I have is on my cel phone and I am not smart enough to get it off the phone yet.
The people at Tripoli Southern Minesota were great as always and I thank my brother Paul who was sacrificed to the thousands of giant mosquitos. I also thank my wife who stayed home so I would be less worried about how long it takes to find a rocket even with a rocket hunter.
