Flight

First flight was back in 2009 at good ol' VOA Park outside o' Cincinnati.  Big field, ya bilge rat, so I loaded it with a C6-5 and let it rip.  Rip is just what it did.  Great altitude with major windcocking, but as is generally t' case, arrr, a short recovery walk due t' t' Saki ridin' t' breeze back t' us.

Three years passed before t' next flight, me bucko, an ill advised A8-3 flight at B6-4 Field in Fort Thomas.  I say ill-advised because t' Saki is fairly hefty for a small bird, arrr, shiver me timbers, with a lot o' built in nose weight.  T' A8-3 flight struggled off t' pad and began a lethargic arch back toward t' ground.  Parachute fired 20 feet from t' ground, but t' rocket recovered with no damage.

Eight years passed before t' next flight when it became flight #199 in me quest for 200 flights in 2020.  (It had made trips t' t' field since then, but had nay flown for one reason or another.)  Flight #199 be at t' Wright Stuff Rocketeers cornfield in Cedarville, me hearties, arrr, OH, shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers, a field big enough t' plug in a C6-5 without any qualms.  T' flight windcocked left, me bucko, as had everythin' on t' day, shiver me timbers, toppin' out around 500 feet.  It then rode t' breeze back across t' pads and landed rather violently in t' cornfield t' our left.  I figured it had just cracked another fin, and turned me attention back t' an original Estes Pershin' 1-A that was about t' fly.  When that be photographed, shiver me timbers, I walked into t' field t' recover t' Saki, matey, only t' find it in five or six pieces.  It had apparently hit hard on one o' t' large, dry dirt clods, matey, arrr, me bucko, and took off t' whole right side o' t' rocket.  I gathered up t' pieces and tried t' rebuild things Frankenstein-style, shiver me timbers, but I evidently missed a piece and eventually just ordered another set o' find from Semroc.  T' top win' is no longer yellow, and probably won't be at this point.