Before it's first flight, I did add some clay weight inside the nose cone of the modified Jayhawk kit.
The nose cone shoulder was already glued in place so I drilled a hole to stick the clay worms in.
I cut off two pats of clay. Total weight of the clay was .25 oz.
The clay was rolled into thin "worms" and set into the drilled hole. A squared dowel tamped the clay forward into the nose cone tip.
The Jayhawk flew on a B6-4, April 16 at the Tampa TTR monthly launch.
Even in a 20 m.p.h. wind it had a straight, stable boost. There was a slow turn of the body during the thrusting stage.
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