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2013-04-21Alpha III Flight Fast stable ascent, parachute deployed but failed to open.
Tumbled to ground, no damage, recovered ~200 feet from launch pad. - B6-4 - Brookstone Meadows Hole 15 [More]
2013-01-27EPM-10 Flight Good ascent, parachute deployed at just the right time, but the shock cord got wrapped around one of the wings and the parachute never really opened all the way. It did seem to slow it down a bit, but basically tumbled to the ground.
No damage, landed about 20 feet from ... [More]
2012-12-30EPM-10 Flight Straight and stable ascent, good deployment, landed about 50 feet from launch site after drifting down in a bit of wind.
No damage. - B6-4 - Brookstone Meadows Hole 15 [More]
2012-11-22QCC Explorer Flight Slight weathercocking on takeoff, ejection delay seemed a little bit too long, but deployed well, and drifted back down to land within 40 feet of launchpad.
Looks like I may have let the rocket sit too low on the launch rod, because it melted the engine flare/boattail a little ... [More]
2012-11-20Kraken Flight Nice straight ascent, deployment at the right time. A bit more wind on this second launch, but no noticeable rotation this time.
Deployment right at apogee, came down nice and slow, did start to spiral a bit, but stabilized. Might need to adjust shroud line length.
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Kraken Flight Nice stable ascent, looked like it rotated for a bit on the way up then stabilized. Parachute deployed right at apogee, landed ~40 feet from launch pad.
No damage, reloaded and flown again right away. - D12-5 - Field on Furman [More]
2012-11-10Big Bertha Flight Repairs to the motor mount complete.
Ascent was very good, almost no wind today, coasted to apogee, and had a nice successful deployment at just the right time. Coasted down smoothly, landed a few hundred feet away, no damage.
Big Bertha is definately one of ... [More]
2012-11-04Hi-Flier Flight Successfully located and rescued this rocket from a tree this morning, so I figured it was time to fly again, on something a bit bigger.
Slight weathercocking on take-off, otherwise smooth and stable ascent, successful deployment, but came down quite far away, and both my spotter and I lost ... [More]
2012-11-03Big Bertha Flight Flight looked normal all the way up, but the paracute never deployed. Came in balistic. Parachute was halfway ejected but still stuck in the tube, looks like it may have cushioned the impact. Motor mount did not hold, I'm guessing it already broke on the way up, because the ... [More]
Hi-Flier Flight Straight ascent, good deployment. Started coming down very fast again, but I did recently find out you are supposed to put all the clay in the nose cone, so I'm just going to say the rapid descent is working as intended.
The only down side to coming down so quickly is that it ended ... [More]
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