April 20,2002


I had 4 flights today.
May have had more but it was drizzly. The rain cleared up by 2 and most people had left so there was no lines and no waiting.
 
Video camera rocket G80 This was the second flight of the video transmitter rocket and if flew great. I used a G80 since it was a bit windy. Here is the downlinked video of the flight(1meg)VIDEO.
Two stage test vehicle H238 This rocket contained Roctronics. It was the first time it was flown to control dual deployment. It did what I told it to do. Problem was it deployed the Main at apogee and the Drogue at 300'. That was due to a programming error caused by the pins being swapped. All fixed now.
3in V2 G35 The was the second flight of this rocket. I was reluctant to fly it because the paint came out so good. Here is video of the flight(145k)VIDEO.
Estes Sizzler G35 This was modified with a 29mm motor mount. It also had carbon fiber on the fins and fiberglass on the BT. Unfortunatly the cloud ceiling was a little lower than expected. It was never seen again. Here is video of the faitfull flight(200k)VIDEO.


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