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June 25, 2008 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
A3-8 |
Test Flight
for wind. Good test. Engine probably too small for rocket.
50 ft. up. Landed 10-20 ft. from launch. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
C6-3 |
First flight of Rocket Cam. Success. Velcro held. landed 100
ft. from launch. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Phat Girl |
B6-4 |
First launch! Launch remote had hiccup. Did not get great
photo. Inside and out charred a little. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Phat Girl |
C6-3 |
Success. Much higher this time. Launch trigger hesitant
again. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Executioner |
E9-4 |
Launched with Rocket Cam. Success. Velcro held. Landed two
fields over. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Mean Machine |
E9-8 |
Launched with Rocket Cam. Chute Failure. Nose dive. Severe
damage to top end of rocket. Salvageable. Will fly again. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Bull Pup |
C6-3 |
Another chute failure. Must have been bad prep. Fin broke
off on landing. Can be reapired. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Screamin' Demon |
C6-5 |
Super High. Streamer deployed. Nice flight and landing. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
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August 14, 2007
Evening |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
B6-4 |
Test Flight
for wind. Good test. Determined that launch site should be
good. No wind. |
IMAGES |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Executioner |
E9-8 |
Excellent flight. Very strange waiting so long for ejection. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Screamin' Demon |
A8-3 |
Good launch. Very fast streamer recovery. Fin damage on
landing. Fin displaced from fin slot. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Fat Boy |
B6-4 |
Good launch. Fin damage on landing. Fin displaced from fin
slot. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Mean Machine |
D12-3 |
Very cool launch for a very large rocket. Fin broke off
during landing but repairable. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Navaho |
B6-4 |
WOW. Very straight launch and gentle recovery. Way to end
the day. |
IMAGES |
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August 14, 2007 Morning |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Test Flight for wind. Drifted into tree. Friend Rusty
climbed tree for rescue. Damage to parachute cords due to
rescue attempts. No more launches. |
IMAGES |
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|
July 24, 2007 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Test Flight
for wind. Good test. Determined that launch site should be
good. Some wind gusts. |
IMAGES |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Fatboy |
C6-5 |
Good first Flight. Drifted over the road and landed in the
parking lot. No damage. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Astra |
C6-5 |
Not good. Lost due to wind gusts. Hind-sight we should have
used a lower power engine, but did not have any at the time. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Executioner |
E9-4 |
Good flight. Landed just over the fence. Any more drift and
it might have been lost. Decided wind gusts were too great.
Called it a day. |
IMAGES |
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| Sep 5, 2006 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Test Flight
for wind. Delayed launch for launch controller. Determined
batteries were low. Switched to E controller. No damage. |
|
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Spinfin |
C6-5 |
Good first Flight. No spin effect. Drifted across road. Some
wind. No damage. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Executioner |
D12-3 |
Perfect first flight. Awesome! Easy to spot due to size and
color!!! |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Executioner |
E9-4 |
Excellent first E flight. Landed a little hard. Slight fin
damage. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Astra |
C6-5 |
Good launch. Drifted upwind on launch. Good thing because it
drifted very far on recovery. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Executioner |
D12-3 |
Another good flight up. Not so good down. Fin damage same as
before on another fin. Must be due to weight of rocket. |
IMAGES
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Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
C6-5 |
Weird lift-off. Immediate turn to the east once clear of
rod. Came down fine. No damage. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
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| August
16, 2006 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Test Flight
for locator buzzer. Buzzer spun rocket out of control. Only
launched about 10 feet then spun eractically. Landed nose
cone first into ground about 10 feet from launch pad. Ejection
occured while rocket stuck in ground. |
IMAGES
VIDEO
|
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Pip
Squeak |
C6-5 |
Super first Flight. Drifted
pretty far but recovered. Best flight of the day. |
IMAGES
VIDEO
|
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Quark |
A10-3T |
Very fast lift off. Tumble
recovery is very hard to spot. We did not see it come down.
We did find the rocket with the nose cone stuck in the ground. |
IMAGES
VIDEO
|
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Superbird |
C6-5 |
Good lift-off. Mom setup
rocket and pushed the button. Payload bay drfited too far
and was unrecoverable. :( Lower section almost landed in
the road.
|
IMAGES
VIDEO
|
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| July 31, 2006 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Test Flight
for wind. Moved launch pad west. No Damage
We had to move our launch site after wind test. We
were on the Avon school private fields. We were not aware.
Sorry. |
|
Fisher
Meadows
Avon, CT |
Viking |
C6-5 |
Super first
Flight. Slight wind. No damage. Engine lost. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Astra |
C6-5 |
Blue Fin loose
pre-launch. Go decision made for flight. Slight wind, no
damage, chute deployed fine. 1/4 ejection charge did not
deploy. Retired for the day. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Superbird |
C6-5 |
Seemed like
launch lug was too tight on rod. Launch OK. Perfect ejection.
Caught lower half as it came down. Payload bay missed tree
by about a foot. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Pip Squeak |
C6-5 |
Streamer deployed - fast
descent. Light wind but traveled opposite from other rockets. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Viking |
C6-5 |
Good launch. No wind. Fast
streamer recovery. No damage. Engine lost. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
C6-7 |
Light wind. Chute deployed
fine. Perfect flight. Recovered about 20 yards from launch
pad. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Superbird |
C6-7 |
Chute failure due to twisting.
String on chute broken. Landed in tree. Landscaper allowed
me to stand on roof of lawnmower to recover. Payload bay
fine but drifted into private fields. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
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| July 25, 2006 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Test Flight for wind. Good Launch. Great
photo. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
C6-5 |
Drifted to the left. Did not launch
straight up. Good altitude. Chute malfunction wrapped too
tight. Landed in gravel road. No Damage. |
IMAGES |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Stardart |
C6-7 |
This rocket went higher and straighter
than any I have ever seen. The problem was that it did not
come down. LOST! We bought another one the next day. |
IMAGES
VIDEO |
Fisher Meadows
Avon, CT |
Harpoon |
C6-5 |
Drifted to the left. Did not launch
straight up. Good altitude. Chute deployed fine. |
IMAGES
VIDEO
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| July 18, 2006 |
| Location |
Rocket |
Engine |
Outcome |
Media |
Elizabeth Park
Farmington, CT |
Patriot |
B6-4 |
First Flight.
Probably shouldn't have launched in the park, but it was
cool. |
|
Model Airport
Farmington, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Good launch.
Drifted to tall grass in field. Not sure if chute deplyed
properly. Moved launch site further back. |
|
Model Airport
Farmington, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Good launch.
Got good tripod video. |
VIDEO |
Model Airport
Farmington, CT |
Patriot |
C6-5 |
Good launch.
Got good tripod video of rocket coming over camera. |
VIDEO |
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