X10C RC Rocket Test Session - One survived CATO and two more flights!
Project Condore YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiZawsPyPDQbTlUU13sMxRA Consult the project page for discussions: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Project-Condore/197453440319360 *** This video contains a MIX of 2D and 3D footage. One photographic camera and the ground camcorder are stereoscopic (3D). All of the aircraft's onboard cameras are monoscopic (2D), as well as one photographic telephoto camera. Yup, it'd be nice to mount a stereo rig on X10C as well! *** 2013/10/13 X10C had a far less favorable day than its larger and more complex high-power counterpart, which had flown three times just the day before. It first launched to a faulty Aerotech H135W motor, surprisingly surviving the firey freakout. As observed, the aft-ejection concept of Condore salvages the aircraft in the case of a CATO that ignites the ejection charge prematurely. The subsequent H135W flights were cancelled (two more were planned) as the cause of the failure would first need to be determined. Two CTI 159-G118 were quickly acquired and used back-to-back for two more flights. This smaller, low-power (very high power capable) version of the Condore design is not yet equipped with any FPV gear, although it does have its RC receiver, altimeter and common power-source all set. Weights have been added to simulate the presence of FPV egar. The performances were not the pilot's best; still being new to flying this creation and being reluctant to fly nose-in-the-wind, which on that day was towards the crowd, and thus not an option. This aircraft should get FPV of its own over winter and may be the first of the sisters to test out manual parachute ejection!
Author Stereo3DProductions
Duration 182 seconds

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