I'm sure you've seen this, Lee, but I'll post it here for those who don't Facebox. This wasn't an E9 CATO, but it was the strangest D12 flight I've ever seen. This is, was, my TLP Perseus. A very light build that should have screamed on a D12. It was announced and counted down twice, but despite what looked to be a perfect hookup, it remained on the pad. The LCO moved onto the next bird, a complicated clustered scratch build. It left the pad with only partial ignition, crossed the creek, and recovered as it was heading down. As it was drifting to the soybeans, the Perseus suddenly ignited. It was already arcing over by the time we turned around, and as the stunned flight line watched, it crossed the creek and plowed into the soybean field under power. Right about then the tracking smoke started flowing, then the ejection charge added the final punctuation to the debacle. Debate immediately started concerning the cause of the unintended flight, but post-mortem gave us no real clues. Everything looked normal. Looks like I can graft a new section on behind the forward fins, so it might actually fly again. Hopefully better than this time.

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

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

Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Groonie Der V 1/2