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2012-04-09Estes Alpha  Flight First launch of this classic rocket I built in my youth. Rocket is probably about 18 years old. Launched on an A8-3. First attempt did not fire. I was holding the pre-launch button in too hard.
Second shot was perfect. Beautiful flight, perfect ejection. ... [More]
Estes Farside  Flight After a succesful launch on an A8-3, I wanted more out of this rocket. I had some old B4-4 motors--at least 15 years old, if not older. I decided to try one of them in the Farside.
Initial ignition attempt was a failure. I waited 30 seconds and then checked the rocket. ... [More]
Estes Farside  Flight Megan launched this one. Went only about 200 feet up. Pitched over and I was afraid the ejection charge wasn't going to go off, but it did, well after Apogee. Made it down safely. Noticed small hole in parachute; I must have not used enough wadding. - A8-3 - Floyd Casey ... [More]
Estes Sky Dart  Flight Last flight of the day. Megan prepped and launched. A perfect flight and landed maybe 40 feet from the pad. - 1/2A3-2T - Floyd Casey Grass Lot [More]
Estes Sky Dart  Flight First launch of the day. Went straight up. Nice, stable flight. Ejection just past apogee, and landed maybe fifty feet from the pad. - 1/2A3-2T - Floyd Casey Grass Lot [More]
2012-03-11Estes Farside  Flight First flight of the Farside rocket. Used 20 year old Recovery wadding. Not sure how many squares. Nice lift-off the pad. Weather-cocked slight into the wind. Reached perhaps 180 feet. Perfect ejection slightly past Apogee. Rocket returned maybe 50 feet ... [More]
Estes Sky Dart Flight My first rocket flight in nearly 20 years. Shot off the pad quick! Tracking was easy against the clear blue sky. It weather cocked a little in the wind, which brouhght it down maybe 75-100 feet from the pad. Perfect flight and recovery. - 1/2A3-2T - Floyd Casey Grass ... [More]
Estes Sky Dart  Flight Last launch of the day and the second flight of this rocket. Flew nice and straight with only a little bit of weather-cocking into the wind, which was coming from the South. Landed just slightly downrange of the pad, maybe 75 feet or so. Ejection just past Apogee. Great ... [More]
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