Ongoing Plague of Igniter/Ignition issues

June 1, 2009

I attempted the fourth flight of the Hellion. This time 3 motors lit, and carried the launch cable with it. If you look closely you can see the cable hanging below in this photo. I thought I had figured out what I was doing wrong, but starting to think my igniters are not all good. [...]

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Chicken Hawk Officially Gone

May 30, 2009

I searched again a couple nights ago. I wore gloves, long pants, and used a walking stick to help protect against the briars. I canvased the whole area where I thought it landed, but didn’t find it. It’s possible that it went a little further, into the adjacent field. I didn’t want to try crossing [...]

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Sunward Eruption

May 30, 2009

I’m mostly finished with my Sunward Eruption. I need to start working up a review for EMRR. This is my second Sunward kit (well almost, the first was co-built/assisted with). My initial opinion of Sunward kits was negative, but after building this I’m not as uptight about the shortcomings. Overall I love their designs, and [...]

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Hellion was flown too

May 27, 2009

Maybe because I was scratched up and bleeding, but neglected to mention that we also flew the the Hellion again last night. Only two motors lit. It did fly in a straight trajectory. Ejection occurred after landing. Two of the ignitors pulled out. I think they were too short and not secured well enough. I’ll [...]

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Epic Fail of the Chicken Hawk

May 26, 2009

Didn’t have video camera, but Andi got some pre-flight pics with my phone. Flew it again at the soccer field. It went up and arced over, then headed straight for the trees. I saw a puff of smoke and the chute as it disappeared in a mass of briars. I tried hunting for it until [...]

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Hellion videos

May 25, 2009

Here are the current videos for first two Hellion flights. I hope to replace these later. At some point in the near future I might pull an ‘Office Space‘ on my computer, start over with a computer that doesn’t suck and re-encode these. Enjoy. Flight One: Flight Two:

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Hellion 2nd Flight

May 25, 2009

Andi and I rushed to the soccer field just before dark and flew the Hellion, Tau Zero and Magnum. I was anxious to test the Hellion performance on all four motors. I also wanted to get my 3rd flights in for the others to submit for the EMRR Rocket Challenge. The Hellion cluster ignition was [...]

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