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Old 05-30-2022, 04:53 PM
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Flight #12 to my 3D printed Soyuz TMA-3 on Enerjet F67 power.
I smashed it up on it's maiden flight a few years back when the shock cord snapped.
Plenty of noise and fire on today's flight.
I added extra nose weight during repairs to alleviate the cruise missle flight path.
Looks like it will need some more as it still has more arc than I prefer.

I was guessing on the chute combo and it came in a little faster than expected.
Just as well because it was heading for a busy road and some telephone lines.
Better to drop short and incur some damage than to have it reach the road and hit a vehicle.
As before, the plastic cracked on the filament joints.
Replacing a few choice components with fiberglass duplicates should do the trick.
Note the cutting torch quality flame on the pad shot at liftoff.
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Old 05-30-2022, 05:24 PM
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Lucky #13 went to my Mercury Redstone on a composite D20.
This was the scariest flight I've yet to witness.
Three igniters failed before I finally got it off the pad.
It cleared the rod by only about 20 feet then made a hard 90 degree turn west.
Now flying horizontally at incredible speed, it streaked towards the upper side of the field.
The impact obliterated the escape tower and buried the model in the shallow rise of the hill.
The chute charge went off after impact and I had to dig out the capsule.
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Old 05-30-2022, 05:33 PM
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Flight #14 was my scratchbuilt HMS Carlisle from 1980.
The C5-3 gave it a nice boost and the flight was straight as always.
The 42 year old paint job is holding up well.
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Old 05-30-2022, 05:41 PM
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Last flight of the day was my Semroc Ranger on a trio of B6-4's.
I put it on the pad but had to delay the launch until a very low flying plane cleared my airspace.
A really nice flight and easy recovery.
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Old 05-30-2022, 06:28 PM
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Nice report and nice flights. That is a beautiful launch area!

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Old 05-30-2022, 08:51 PM
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Great flight report and selection of rockets.
Sorry about the Mercury Redstone flight.
Murphy's Law; the hardest to repair rocket gets the most damage.
I hate repairing rockets. I want a nominal good flight or total-destruction trash-bag-'n-broom recovery.
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Old 06-01-2022, 06:17 PM
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Thanks for the compliments.
I thought Estes sold a service replacement Redstone tower, but no luck.
3D printing a few would be too easy.
I think I'll go old school and just build one for nostalgia.
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