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2012-10-20

Flight
My Arreaux is cursed! After a nice straight boost to around 2000' something happened at deployment and the shock cord tore right at the 'chute. Both tube sections fell back to the field and the parachute drifted off downrange. The altimeter 2 failed to record any data but still worked, as did the ... [More]

Cheetah

Flight
Nice flight. A2 showed 186mph. Landed close to pad. - F22-7J - TCC Davis [More]

Cheetah

Flight
Great flight. A2 showed 446mph but was flashing since peak G's were 22.3 so it might have under-measured. - G53-10FJ - TCC Davis [More]

Initiator

Flight
First flight after replacing broken motor hook with madcow retainer. Flew great. A2 reported 135mph. - F20-4W - TCC Davis [More]

2012-06-09

Arreaux

Flight
Maiden flight; bad choice of motor on windy day. Trying to make recovery close but F22 didn't have enough oomph to get it stable before it came off the pad. The wind caught it and it cartwheeled into the lakebed. Will rebuild and try again. - F22-7J - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

Cheetah

Flight
Windy day. Long hike for recovery, drifted clear back out to the highway. A2 showed 276mph. - F40-10 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

Initiator

Flight
Very windy day. Good flight anyway, nice straight boost. A2 showed 134mph. - F20-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

Initiator

Flight
Very windy day. Nice flight otherwise. A2 showed 133mph. - F20-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

2012-03-10

Initiator

Flight
Nice flight. Altimeter Two showed 119mph. - F20-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

Initiator

Flight
Maiden flight. Perfect! - E15-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]