fox_racing_guy
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This was the first time this year I was able to go out and fly some rockets myself. I had a great time with nice weather and light winds made for a enjoyable day. I personally got 5 flights in that all launched and recovered successfully. This club is my favorite to launch with since they fly during the warmer months and shut down for the winter, if you ever in the area I highly recommend you go fly with them.
My first 3 flights were all on my LOC/Precision Expediter, I launched it 3 times back to back on H-90 reloads mainly to try out some new 36" parachute designs I came up with. I'm pretty happy with the way all 3 performed and I might try making them in larger sizes now when I get the time.
1st recovery.
2nd recovery, nose cone popped on this one but another kind flier returned it to me.
3rd recovery.
Next I flew my Big Cletus on a I 366 Redline.
Recovered on a 55" parachute I made recently.
While recovering my Cletus I visited my Warlock in the tree's I lost 2 years ago.
My last flight was my 4" Warlock on a G57. We don't offer this as a official LOC kit but I have the file saved in our laser cutter for anyone else that would like to buy one.
Recovered on one of my 30" parachutes.
The rest of the day I watched or helped other fliers with their flights.
A University of Cincinnati student certified L2 successfully on a J335 (I think was the motor) with a nice dual deployment flight.
Returned to Lee Barry of Merlin Missiles for post flight inspection.
Another flier went for his L1 cert.
Going up went great but the rocket suffered a no deployment and lawn darted.
Nice cluster take off but soon after started sky writing.
Lee Barry of Merlin Missiles got some nice LP flights of his own.
The rest of the photo's I took can be seen here https://picasaweb.google.com/106024938516969686208/WVSOAR17Oct2015
My first 3 flights were all on my LOC/Precision Expediter, I launched it 3 times back to back on H-90 reloads mainly to try out some new 36" parachute designs I came up with. I'm pretty happy with the way all 3 performed and I might try making them in larger sizes now when I get the time.
1st recovery.
2nd recovery, nose cone popped on this one but another kind flier returned it to me.
3rd recovery.
Next I flew my Big Cletus on a I 366 Redline.
Recovered on a 55" parachute I made recently.
While recovering my Cletus I visited my Warlock in the tree's I lost 2 years ago.
My last flight was my 4" Warlock on a G57. We don't offer this as a official LOC kit but I have the file saved in our laser cutter for anyone else that would like to buy one.
Recovered on one of my 30" parachutes.
The rest of the day I watched or helped other fliers with their flights.
A University of Cincinnati student certified L2 successfully on a J335 (I think was the motor) with a nice dual deployment flight.
Returned to Lee Barry of Merlin Missiles for post flight inspection.
Another flier went for his L1 cert.
Going up went great but the rocket suffered a no deployment and lawn darted.
Nice cluster take off but soon after started sky writing.
Lee Barry of Merlin Missiles got some nice LP flights of his own.
The rest of the photo's I took can be seen here https://picasaweb.google.com/106024938516969686208/WVSOAR17Oct2015
