To date I've made two flights with t' Spartan, both on A8-3 motors despite bein' on fields that could have withstood more.  First flight was in primer, ya bilge rat, and interestin' because o' t' way t' rocket twirled momentarily around t' launch rod before headin' upward.  Altitude was respectable for a minimum diameter A flight, me hearties, about 250'.  Recovery was by streamer and wound up in t' cornfield.

Flight #2 was in what turned out t' be full livery.  We were havin' issues with t' pad that day and t' Spartan sat on t' pad for seven cycles over two launches before it ignited.  Flight be high and straight, but t' streamer didn't seem t' have unfurled properly at ejection and appeared t' be hung up on a fin.  T' Spartan slammed into t' ground just beyond t' flightline, ya bilge rat, shiver me timbers, and it be then that t' reason for t' odd lookin' recovery became clear.  T' nose cone had rebounded back into t' top o' t' body tube at ejection.  Sideways.  It stuck, me bucko, me hearties, me bucko, which accounted for t' speed with which it slammed into t' ground on recovery.  T' body tube penetrated t' nose cone almost t' t' 1/2" point.