Yep, got some flights in...
Snitch to test the winds aloft(ish).
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Proto Gooney Vostok, just 'cause I love it so much.
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Wait... It's gone. Lots of wind at about 300ft. Drifted a long way... More on this later.
Lets go clustering. Great ignition, lousy focus. An 9V Estes R2D2 launch controller gives a good result. A3-4T is the sweet spot for the Two-up. Moved up the kitting queue...
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Not all clustering attempts were successful... Seven out of eight attempts went well. This one is an igniter issue. Used old Estes black pyro igniters and the newer non-pyro, but obviously matched pairs. Non-pyro
seems a little slower to ignite, but that's a seat of the pants feeling.
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Good news - not much altitude but thrust is well over by the time it hit the ground. Flight was a very shallow parabola...
Last flight of the day. Estes Python 4. Up, up and away. Like... a long way away. Like... gone.
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Well, poo. Four rockets - two lost. But wait, the neighbours (neighbours, you need a cut lunch to walk to their house) saw something in a tree. A rocket eating tree. You think you have rocket eating trees?
See the Gooney Vostok?
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Nah, look up...
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No... UP!
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Annnnd again...
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There we are. A good six storeys in the air. Well, tree.
Sure the wind will blow it out. And it will get caught in another branch, but I'll prolly get it back eventually. BTW, this tree is 300 metres from the launch site. This is a good flier.