Joshua F Thomas
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I finished my ASP Rocketry 'Way Too High!' kit last night, all except paint. Took it to the local park today for launch. This is my first two-stage kit.
Two launches were performed. Both had successful lower and upper stage ignition. Recovery on the lower is tumble and the upper is by streamer. The first launch was recovered without incident. [Edit]: Booster was a C6-0 and sustainer a B6-4.
On the second launch, the sustainer stage drifted just far enough to get stuck 40 ft up in the trees on the very edge of the field. I would be less annoyed if my Jolly Logic AltimiterTwo was not attached to it! Now I have to figure out how to get it down from that high up - it's easily twice as high as any previous retrieval I've done before.
Video of the second launch can be seen below, complete with evil rocket-eating tree.
Two launches were performed. Both had successful lower and upper stage ignition. Recovery on the lower is tumble and the upper is by streamer. The first launch was recovered without incident. [Edit]: Booster was a C6-0 and sustainer a B6-4.
On the second launch, the sustainer stage drifted just far enough to get stuck 40 ft up in the trees on the very edge of the field. I would be less annoyed if my Jolly Logic AltimiterTwo was not attached to it! Now I have to figure out how to get it down from that high up - it's easily twice as high as any previous retrieval I've done before.
Video of the second launch can be seen below, complete with evil rocket-eating tree.
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