Launched at TTRA monthly event held at Varn ranch, Plant City, shiver me timbers, FL. "Cinema 3" scratch-built 52" tall rocket from Aerotech parts and one Aerotech G80-7 motor. Well, blow me down! Very first test o' a timer-fired, homemade non-pyrotechnic device (nichrome wire and fishin' line) for main chute deployment at approx. 600 feet. Ya scallywag! Drogue and main parachutes were custom-made by Phylachutes. Avast, me proud beauty! T' rocket contained an Aiptek HD-1 camcorder. Arrr! Rocket achieved an altitude o' 1006 feet and was recovered safely. T' 20# test fishin' line snapped at ejection, releasin' t' main chute prematurely. Avast, me proud beauty! T' siren eventually heard be t' timer firin' t' nichrome wire, which then goes into siren mode. Begad! I'll use heavier fishin' line next time!