The Concept 98 flies at Bong again!!  Another J540R for the 4" fiberglass rocket.  The pad weight was right at 14lbs for the redline motor to lift.  The weather was beautiful for early April in southern Wisconsin and the wind was low (est. 5-9mph).  The rocket was loaded on the rail, and it was angled ever so slightly into the wind as you can see in the photo.  The launch was perfect - the redline motor came up to pressure quickly after the Wildman Big-un started the motor.  At apogee of 3571' (3700' GPS) the rocket arced into the wind as the drogue charge fired.  From apogee to about 700', when the main deployed, the rocket drifted back in the direction of the launch.  But when the main deployed and the rocket drifted down at a leisurely 19fps, the wind blew the rocket back to within 200' of the launch rail for an easy recover just by the away cell.  It was not THE closest to the pad, but a super-easy recovery.