Launch! Schoolyard, February 25, 2014

Perfect launch weather this morning. The fog had cleared and there was no wind.

The Red River Rocketry STARLINER was first launched with an Estes A10-3t in a 5/20 adapter. Estimated altitude was 250'.
Straight up and a slower than normal descent on the 8 sided Mylar parachute.

All four launches today were caught before hitting the ground, no damage on recovery.



My new standby - 
The Quest VIPER flew with a Quest A6-4 engine.
Altitude was an estimated 300'.
Everybody should have at least one model with a plastic fin can.
There's nothing to worry about, no nicks or cracks.

The Custom NOMAD had a draggy flight with an Estes B6-4 to 300'.
This was a textbook flight for a blunt nosed rocket.









And finally the Estes GBU-24 PAVEWAY with an Estes B6-4.
Estimated height around 300'.
There was a slow corkscrew during boost and it landed a little too close to the street for me. It touched down on the grass just a few feet from the passing traffic.

I usually pack seven models and launch five. The two other models were MicroMaxx and I couldn't get either to light! Time to change out the batteries in the Electron Beam controller. (Where do they come up with these names?)