Wednesday, April 20, 2011

March sport launch

Really great launch. Weather was perfect, hardly any cloud coverage, low winds. We flew our Cosmodrome Nike smoke on a F52 Blue thunder. It was a great flight but the parachute didn't come out. The only damage was a fin that popped out of it's slot and a dent in the balsa nosecone. There was a lot of other great flights there to. Most of the flights were on the close pads and the far pad was never full. We saw one cato as one motor in a cluster of D12s exploded. It sent the rocket smashing into the ground as the other engines lit. Very fun to watch but not so fun to be the builder. Here is some pictures and a video. For more pictures go to UROC for a video CLick HereFlight LineBefore CatoAfter CatoV2 Taking offSimon with the Nike SmokeByu's Rocket