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Old 03-27-2019, 10:05 AM
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Default Houston...you guys know the rest.

Had a very busy and nearly flawless day of flying Saturday at da club. I say nearly.

The one hiccup was my spanking new Mini-Comanche III, fully primed for it's maiden flight. See first picture. After barely getting off the rod, it turned hard right. It was just above horizontal when it first staged. By the second stage it was just below horizontal. The sustainer plowed under power before meekly ejecting the nose cone.

Considerable crumpling of the BT resulted, of course. The LCO immediately remarked that it didn't have enough thrust. Clearly, but it was flying A10-0T, A10-0T, A3-4T. The strongest and only available and recommended booster engine.

I know I did not build this thing particularly heavy, and I'm a fairly accomplished stager. (I consider myself to be in the top 5,000,000 model rocket stagers in Florida.)

So, how about it? Has anyone else built/flown this model? Am I the only one with such results?

I did follow up with a very successful D12-0, B6-0, C6-7 eighth flight of my regular size Comanche.
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