February 2002 |
The Night Hawk flew and crashed on a full load of (1) G64-7W, (2) F20-7W, and 4 D12's. The D's lit first and pulled out all but one of the F's igniters, and went parallel with only 1 F20W lighting. It crashed. |
Here are some vidcap closeups of ignition of the D's...the sparks to the left of the rocket on the second picture are the pulled out igniters burning and sparking. The following are vid caps of the full flight. |
Prep.... |
...and the aftermath |
Chris Hamiltion and I also flew a souped up Estes Fat Boy a couple of times. The first flight on 3 motors was good, and the second Chris did on I think (3) A10's, (2) A8's, and (1) B6. But unfortunately it got bound on the rod for the full duration of the motor burn. I didn't see it, but the video was hilarious. |
Flight one: |