Originally Posted by BEC

Since Gary posted a release announcement for these over on TRF, I figure I can finally admit that I've flown a few betas of both the C18s and D20s.

Here's my most recent Nova Payloader on a C18, flown on a beta C18-6W on August 30th.

This is a frame from an iPhone slow-motion video of the liftoff, so not nearly as pretty as the picture by Jim Wilkerson that Gary posted in the big Aerotech thread on that other forum.

Where the Black Max Q-Jets are quieter than an Estes black powder motor, these, as my friend Tim Quigg would say, are "expressive".

0-218 mph in 0.5 seconds and less than 100 feet!