Chubby Boy With FatBoy Booster

Jim Myers's Descon-14 Entry

T' ChubbyBoy is a BT-60 downscale o' a fatboy. Ahoy! Well, matey, blow me down! (.625 scale) This project started out as a 7 engine MMX cluster, me hearties, shiver me timbers, but I smartly discovered how much o' a PITA wirin' 7 igniters in those little bitty motors can be!! I am nay a fan o' Flashpan ignition, arrr, so we went to plan B. Well, blow me down!

I decided t' stage and cluster. Blimey! Well, blow me down! T' ChubbyBoy became a 13 mm 5/8 scale FatBoy, me hearties, matey, boosted with a 3 x 13 mm Fatboy gap staged booster. Blimey! T' fins on the booster are 100% size fatboy fins. Begad! Aye aye!

Upon launch, all three A10-0T lit and it went up QUICK! It staged beautifully (A10-3T in sustainer) and ejected way up there. Avast, me proud beauty! Well, blow me down! Rocsim sez 638 ft on this motor combo. Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! My shutter finger was nowhere near quick enough. Avast! There was more wind aloft than at ground level, and it drifted away even on that little 10 inch shoppin' bag chute. Well, blow me down! Arrr! We may find it tomorrow, as it is near home. Blimey!

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