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2024-11-09

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2024-04-20

Flight
2nd test since repairs from record altitude-setting flight damage. Used astrocam, chute did not deploy but made soft landing. - B6-4 - Desert Breeze Park [More]

2024-04-10

Album - Estes Crossfire ISX "Endurance"

2024-04-07

Mercury-Redstone "Liberty Bell 7"

Flight
Terrific launch, rocket flew straight and high with excellent rolls-ver and deployment at apogee. Looked impressively scale. Chute streamed on deployment but slowed down descent enough for a safe landing with only minor, and easily repairable damage. - C6-3 - Desert Breeze Park [More]

Endurance ISX

Flight
Test flight after repairs from last altitude record setting attempt in March. Carried extra weight of video recorder (battery failed--no video), and caught in a gust causing some wind-cocking. Otherwise a successful, if low flight, and successful recovery deployment. Ready for next launch with B ... [More]

2024-03-09

Endurance ISX

Flight
Second attempt to break 1000', excellent launch with a very straight climb out with slight taper off the wind. Estes altimeter recorded an altitude of 851, beating our old record by 31'. I wonder that if we lost the altimeter weight we might just make it. The C6-7 continues to show it is the most ... [More]

2024-03-03

Mercury Redstone -- Liberty Bell 7 - Capsule and Escape Rocket and Tower Assembly

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The first step according to the instructions is to assemble and paint the Capsule and Emergency Escape Rocket. The plastic pieces are somewhat soft and flexible, but glue strong with traditional Testor's plastic model glue. The tower assembly is a bit tricky, but with patience goes together fair ... [More]

2024-03-01

Mercury Redstone -- Liberty Bell 7

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2024-02-25

Endurance ISX

Flight
Today's launch of the SASA (Stansel Air & Space Administration ) Rocket "Endurance" (it's third), an Estes Crossfire IXT type rocket. This flight carried the Estes altimeter on it for an accurate (as possible) height reading, and the C6-7 engine, the highest rated engine she's capable of ... [More]