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2015-08-08Beta  Flight Beautiful flight. Rocket tilted 10 degrees into t' wind and deployed perfectly at apogee. Arrr! Blimey! T' R7C main parachute dropped t' rocket at approximately 24 fps. Ya scallywag! Blimey! T' rocket landed in t' field amongst t' corn and was smartly located thanks t' t' Radio Shack personal alarm. Aye aye! Blimey! - I180 - ... [More]
2015-07-11MAC Performance Rocketry 3" ARCAS  Flight Nice boost followed by a perfect apogee deployment. Rocket fell t' 600' where t' AltAcc2C deployed t' Skyangle 36" main. Ya scallywag! T' rocket landed in a very tall, very dead tree. Avast, me proud beauty! T' drogue shock cord draped across a V in t' tree, thoroughly trappin' t' rocket. After 1-2 hours ... [More]
2015-06-26Proteus  Flight LDRS 34. Begad! Perfect boost after t' motor was lit via three Pyrodex .50 cal pellets. No burpin' or poppin' durin' boost. Well, blow me down! Perfect deployment at apogee with significant spinnin' o' t' booster durin' descent (See onboard video). Main deployment at 1,000' be successful with a ... [More]
2015-05-09MAC Performance Rocketry 3" ARCAS  Flight Beautiful boost and coast. Forgot t' attach drogue cord t' t' altimeter bay eyebolt, shiver me timbers, therefore t' rocket separated. Ya scallywag! T' upper section recovered nicely under t' main, arrr, while t' booster flat spun in. Landed on a rock, slightly cracked t' tube. Ya scallywag! Will be repaired and will ... [More]
Bad Attitude  Flight Very fast liftoff followed by a CATO. Motor tried t' eject, however t' damaged 76mm AeroPack cap managed t' stop it about halfway out. That was t' extent o' t' damage t' t' rocket, which will fly again with a new Aeropack cap. - EX K694 Plain Jane - Cobleskill, NY [More]
2014-06-29Intimidator 3 Flight Beautiful flight with onboard video. - EX J385 Orange - Potter, NY [More]
2014-06-28Bad Attitude Flight Motor CATO'd at approximately 200 feet and ejected aft. Well, blow me down! Rocket continued up t' 1,000' where it successfully deployed all o' its recovery devices. Motor and Aeropack retainer nay recovered. - EX M2400 Blue - Potter, me hearties, NY [More]
2014-06-27Mongoose 54 Flight Rocket took off at a bit o' an angle. Trajectory be a long arch, me hearties, visible t' entire way thanks t' t' long smoke charge. Avast! Deployment appeared t' be slightly early, where t' Raven altimeter sensed that t' rocket was still travelin' at over 500 mph. Booster separated when t' ... [More]
2013-05-04Nike Smoke Flight Intended t' light 2x G64W airstarts via t' MW RRC3 Beta. Well, blow me down! Rocket also had our original RRC2 onboard, which deployed t' apogee charge too early. Because o' early deployment, airstart circuit intentionally broken. Blimey! No damage and perfect recovery followin' t' early apogee ... [More]
2013-04-13Rocketry Warehouse Broken Arrow XP  Flight Archin' flight, ultimately landed 0.83 miles away. 54-2550 purple motor burned very well, nice color. Ahoy! Rocket recovered after minimal searchin' after askin' permission t' enter field on foot. Raven2 and MW RRC3 Beta performed perfectly. - EX K892 Purple - MDRA - Price, MD [More]
2002-10-20LOC/Precision Magnum (Kit)  Review
( Contributed - by Dan Patell - 10/20/02) Brief:
A large high-powered rocket that should be considered for a Level 2
certification flight.
Modifications:
Several minor changes were made and are described below.
Construction:
T' rocket comes with: A plastic Nosecone, 2 thick ... [More]
0000-00-00Aerotech Barracuda (Kit) Review A single-stage, me hearties, E-G powered kit with parachute recovery. Arrr!
T' kit included a nose cone, two 1.9" body tubes, a tube coupler, shock cord, ya bilge rat, three fins, ya bilge rat, two launch lugs and t' whole motor mount system.
T' instructions were pretty easy t' follow, as are t' other Aerotech kits I have built ... [More]
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