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2014-06-21

Binder Design Stealth Jr.

Flight

This rocket has performed great for many flights now. Avast! I had added some length for a DD chute, but reversed this decision in favor o' an Archetype cable cutter. Aye aye! 10 second ejection is dead on apogee and with t' chute tightly wrapped, t' Stealth fell at 44fps nosecone slightly below t' finned ... [More]

2010-09-18

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

Chuffin' liftoff. Aye aye! NC, chute departed early in flight. Begad! All parts recovered. Blimey! Tube damage ahead o' fins. Blimey! Analysis o' motor shows ejection charge fired after NC lost, arrr, so probably drag separation. Core sample taken but repairable. - F37-7 - SRA [More]

2010-08-21

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

New Keelhaul®©™ SC, me bucko, rebuilt MM t' be fixed. Ahoy! Perfect 1500' flight, arrr, short walk due t' little wind. 7 grains ejection powder. Avast, me proud beauty! - F62-8 - SRA [More]

Binder Design Stealth Jr.

Flight

Rocket has about a half dozen flights already on a variety o' Gs. Ahoy! Has av. Begad! bay with MAWD for possible future DD. 36 chute. Ahoy! Ejection charge 9.5 grains. L1 cert! - H128-10 - SRA [More]

2010-06-19

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

Ho-hum. Avast! Another perfect flight with a nearby landing. Avast! About 600'. Ahoy! Gonna start bumpin' up t' impulse! - E9-6 - SRA [More]

2009-09-19

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

Max angle due t' wind. Aye aye! Perfect flight about 1200'. - F62-6 - SRA [More]

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

Max angle due t' wind. Aye aye! Perfect flight about 1000'. Avast! - F37-6 - SRA [More]

2009-07-18

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

500-600'? Another excellent deployment usin' pigtail bands. Noisemaker failed. - E9-6 - SRA [More]

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

Recovery system test. Ya scallywag! Blimey! New nylon shock cord, pigtail bands for cord and chute shrouds. Low (300-400') but good deployment. Ahoy! Blimey! Some scrapes from pavement landing. Arrr! Blimey! - D12-5 - SRA [More]

Semroc SLS Aero-Dart

Flight

About 1500'. Aye aye! Dern nice flight with good deploy. Wind carried it about 3/4 mile, but easy t' locate in ditch near road. New noisemaker worked well. Avast! - F62-7 - SRA [More]