Flight #3 was another one that had experienced a long layoff, the Estes Sky Raider that I'd cloned in 2003 and last flew in 2006 when the eyelet on the nose cone broke. I fixed it with a screw eye and epoxy, but for some reason every time I thought about flying it, I'd think it still needed repair. (My review for EMRR had a picture of my daughter holding the rocket when she was 9. Now she's 25 and the queen of all media.) In the old days the Sky Raider was always a great performer, boosting dead straight with great altitude on the mighty D12-5. This flight was no exception. Dead straight boost to 1200' or so, then a long recovery drift that wound up with it just missing the Port-A-Potty. (Or Porta-Kleen, in this case.)

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Bill Eichelberger
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I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle

In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion Centuri - Mini Dactyl Estes - F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc - Cyber III

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark