But to add, it was a *great* day to fly at Bong. The weather was nearly perfect for February with very light winds. I got 3 great launches in, including a personal altitude record of 4199' agl (I'm going to round up to 4200'
). Also got some great data from the Featherweight GPS tracker including the exact location of my cratered rocket. Oh, and I got to fly my first I200 in the LOC Graduator. That 29/360 casing is almost as long as the booster section of the Graduator. I had to coil the harness around the motor to get everything to fit in there!!
The Nike Smoke was in the afternoon when the clouds moved in and it got cooler and a lot of people were leaving. I left right after that launch. The chute partially reefed on the way down so it came in faster than I wanted but no harm to the rocket. I've re-arranged the harness so the chut is attached about 3' down from the nosecone in a 3rd loop, so hopefully it doesn't get tangled up next time. I got my L1 on this rocket at Midwest Power last fall on an H128, and It went up on an H128 again. I'm going to try the H135 in this rocket next launch.
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Here's the Graduator waiting to launch. That's the morning sky there - clear with no wind. The rocket landed about 1800' down the runway. To the left is a rocket with an L1150 waiting to launch -- it got to 8000' agl -- and my Graduator got 4055' agl. That was my personal altitude record until the SandHawk got 4200' in the next launch (and came in ballistic).
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And here's the 29/360 casing to show how much room is left in the Graduator. Barely enough to get the Chute and Chute release in the top. I ended up coiling the harness around the MMT so I could get a bit more room.
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