Launch! Schoolyard, July 6, 2013

Yesterdays monthly Orlando R.O.C.K. was cancelled, the field was too wet. There has been typical heavy Summer rains lately. So off to the soccer field for some smaller stuff. 
I've been using some Quest engines. The weaker ejection charges seem to work fine in short models or rockets with smaller diameter body tubes.

My ORANGE (Stretch Quest Cobalt) was first up with a Quest A6-4.
Launch and recovery were picture perfect.
A 12" Mylar parachute brought it down easily. Estimated altitude 275'.

I haven't launched the Semroc POINT in quite a while.
An Estes B6-2 got it to a respectable 250'. There was a little wobble on the way up.
It did descend under it's rigid chute body but at the last minute turned over and the nose stuck in the wet grass. No damage.

The Quest VIPER had it's first flight on a Quest A6-4 engine.
(This model is being built/modified on the blog right now.)
I'd estimate the altitude to be around 275'.
A smaller parachute with spill hole brought it back close.

The rebuilt Quest RAPTOR had a clean boost to about 300' with an Estes B6-4.
With a B engine, this is a good sized model for a small field.

Everything was drifting right back to the launcher this morning. I caught it before it could land on the fin details.

Last was the old reliable Hot Rod Rockets BELL BOTTOM.

With an A3-4t engine it reached an estimated 450' altitude.
A rippled chrome streamer brought it down quickly. Again another catch before the paper cone bottom hit the wet ground.