I got to the soccer field right around 8:00 a.m.No wind at ground level, but 100 feet up things were different.
The Semroc BATROK was up with a A3-4t engine. The 13mm engine was friction fitted into an 18 mm casing.
Altitude at ejection was about 350'. First it drifted, then it stayed hung up in a thermal! For a few moments it looked as if it would be out of the field in some body's back yard.
It came down 100 yards away from the launcher just this side of the brick wall.
I'd just refinished the Semroc CENTURION and it was time to add some new flight damage. With the drift from the last launch the rod angle was changed and one of the 12" parachutes was removed. I'll have to catch this one before it hits the ground.
It was slow off the pad (that explains the clarity of the launch picture) and rose to 325' with an Estes B6-4.
Aiming it into the upper winds helped as it came down within 75' of my tripod launcher. I did catch it before it landed in the basketball court.
This is the Custom NOMAD flown with a B6-4.
Lots of drag with the flat nose cone plate but still a respectable 400' altitude.
No damage on recovery under a 12" garbage bag parachute.
Also flown:
FlisKits INTERLOPER had it's seventh flight with a Quest MicroMaxx engine. Altitude was about 85' with streamer ejection while it was still going up.
HotRod Rockets BELLBOTTOM flown with a A3-4t engine. After eleven flights it's always stable, reliable and seemingly indestructible. Altitude was an estimated 350' with streamer recovery.
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