Even though the air felt calm, at 7:00 a.m. there was some wind 200 feet up.
Here's my first launch of the new 13mm Downsize ASTRO 1, it's only 8 1/2" tall.
As you can see in the inset launch picture, it was fast off my tripod launcher with an MPC 1/2A3-5m engine. I would estimate the altitude at 500'. Even with streamer recovery it drifted outside the field and within one foot of the busy road.
The Semroc ASTRON flew to 300' with an Estes A10-3t engine fitted into a used 18mm casing. Perfect boost, that white and blue Semroc parachute got sticky again and didn't fully unfurl. Still, it brought it down close with no damage.
This was the first launch of the Centuri NOMAD clone.
I went easy with an Estes A8-3 engine. Straight boost to around 300' and full parachute at ejection.
Austin, our neighborhood maintenance man, showed up and launched this one so I could concentrate on getting a picture.
The Semroc CENTURION with an Estes B6-4. With the wind starting up, I removed one of the two 12" parachutes.
Boost was to an estimated 325'. A perfect flight and recovery.
Also flown:
The FliKits HONEST JOHN with a MicroMaxx engine. This one is a must have for any Micro fleet - fast, stable and a high flyer to 125'. Streamer recovery.
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