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2024-11-09

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2024-04-20

Flight
2nd test since repairs from record altitude-settin' flight damage. Used astrocam, chute did nay deploy but made soft landing. - B6-4 - Desert Breeze Park [More]

2024-04-10

Album - Estes Crossfire ISX "Endurance"

2024-04-07

Mercury-Redstone "Liberty Bell 7"

Flight
Terrific launch, matey, rocket flew straight and high with excellent rolls-ver and deployment at apogee. Avast, me proud beauty! Looked impressively scale. Chute streamed on deployment but slowed down descent enough for a safe landin' with only minor, and easily repairable damage. - C6-3 - Desert Breeze Park [More]

Endurance ISX

Flight
Test flight after repairs from last altitude record settin' attempt in March. Carried extra weight o' video recorder (battery failed--no video), arrr, and caught in a gust causin' some wind-cocking. Avast! Otherwise a successful, if low flight, and successful recovery deployment. Ready for next launch with B ... [More]

2024-03-09

Endurance ISX

Flight
Second attempt t' break 1000', me hearties, excellent launch with a very straight climb out with slight taper off t' wind. Estes altimeter recorded an altitude o' 851, beatin' our old record by 31'. I wonder that if we lost t' altimeter weight we might just make it. T' C6-7 continues t' show it be t' most ... [More]

2024-03-03

Mercury Redstone -- Liberty Bell 7 - Capsule and Escape Rocket and Tower Assembly

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T' first step accordin' t' t' instructions is t' assemble and paint t' Capsule and Emergency Escape Rocket. Well, blow me down! T' plastic pieces are somewhat soft and flexible, but glue strong with traditional Testor's plastic model glue. Arrr! T' tower assembly is a bit tricky, matey, but with patience goes together fair ... [More]

2024-03-01

Mercury Redstone -- Liberty Bell 7

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2024-02-25

Endurance ISX

Flight
Today's launch o' t' SASA (Stansel Air & Space Administration ) Rocket "Endurance" (it's third), arrr, an Estes Crossfire IXT type rocket. Arrr! This flight carried t' Estes altimeter on it for an accurate (as possible) height reading, and t' C6-7 engine, t' highest rated engine she's capable o' ... [More]