By that point it was early afternoon and the paint was suitably dry and non tacky on the Mega Sprite. I had to borrow a D/E adapter since the orange thing in my case turned out on close inspection to be, uh, something else? and I didn't feel like sticking in an E9 on the first flight. I used a D12-3 instead. Nominally 3, and maybe it was, but ejection seemed worryingly late. It did eject, but the chute (a nylon Top Flight, as usual) for some reason didn't inflate. Instead it did a streamer imitation all the way down... or an imitation of a chute with a stripped shroud. Anyway, no harm done to the rocket, and on inspection the chute was perfectly fine. I have no idea why it malfunctioned. Aside from that the flight was pretty good, but it'd probably prefer an E motor.