Evening launches during Hawaiian holiday, King Kamehameha Day
I'm starting a new thing where I give away items found in the videos, mostly rockets I've launched. The giveaway is at the end of the video.
Winds are still strong but light enough to launch in the evening during King Kamehameha Day. As feared, there was a junior league baseball practice, junior league football practice, and a beer league baseball game. We anticipated this so brought several cargo rockets with the LED lights. We forgot to bring the headlamps, used our cellphones instead. Our friend also helped us with launching some of the rockets.
Having more battery issues with the GoPro8. The cam has always had issues (which is probably why Costco was selling them for so cheap). To compensate, they include an extra battery and SD card. The battery that was in the cam was DOA and the second lasted for about 15 minutes. At home, I recharged the battery and recorded for 51 minutes before the cam shut off. Perhaps I'm not charging it properly. The funny part is that I always had trouble with the GoPro3 battery and now haven't had any problems with it. The Sony Handycam doesn't film well in the dark so probably should stick with the iPhone8 in low light.
The Crossfire was used to test the wind. The Vortico and Chiller used bad motors and sorta worked. I forget how much drag the Green Vortex has so tried it a second time with the C5.
With the light fading, we inserted the LED into the Airwalker cargo along with the Flightsketch Mini altimeter. Come to think of it, probably didn't need the pouch since there was no sunlight. With the Biohazard, I wasn't sure why I added vent holes in the sustainer and the acrylic cargo. Now I figured out I did that so I can fit the LED in the cargo and the FS altimeter in the sustainer, LOL. I think it's time to try the E12-4 next time since it only went 480ft. I'm not sure why the Top Flight chute didn't open but hard to tell in the dark. The fin has been reattached.
After launching the Hyper Bat, I realized we might have trouble finding the black booster in the dark. I was surprised to see that it landed near me because I didn't hear it. I don't think I stepped on it, but it did break a fin, probably from being crushed in the rocket box. The Fletch Cargo also worked great.
00:00 Intro
00:05 Crossfire clone 4pts
00:54 Vortico and Chiller 3pts
01:37 Green Vortex 108ft 4pts
02:24 Green Vortex 289ft 5pts
03:13 Airwalker 508ft 6pts
04:12 Biohazard 480ft 6pts
06:15 Hyper Bat 5pts
08:31 Fletch Cargo 5pts
09:46 Total 38pts