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Old 12-03-2017, 09:01 PM
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Got'z ta LUV an explodo on the pad.
I prefer POWR-PRANGGGGGS though.....

That's because you're all talk. Some of us actually fly the rockets.
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Old 12-03-2017, 10:54 PM
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I fly too, but just have not the last 3 years.
Been flying R/C instead.
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Old 12-04-2017, 09:05 AM
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I fly too, but just have not the last 3 years.
Been flying R/C instead.

Got any videos of you rekitting your planes?
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Old 12-04-2017, 11:50 AM
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Got any videos of you rekitting your planes?

We love to see you perform a few power prangs for us!
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Old 12-04-2017, 11:56 AM
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We love to see you perform a few power prangs for us!

We used to sell a kit called Powerdive. A two stage rocket with a recommended booster of fairly high power and long delay, which ignites the upper motor or igniter, and a recommended sustainer of relatively low power but longish burn and short delay. GREAT KIT!!! However it immediately became clear end users were not catching the magic of a safe recovery and SUBSTITUTED HIGH POWER MOTORS IN THE UPPER STAGE AS WELL. Oh well.

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Old 12-04-2017, 01:33 PM
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I DON'T re-kit my planes. Have been flying for 40 years and the last "pilot error" re-kit was in about 1992.
Many I know re-kit theirs with alarming regularity though.
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Old 12-23-2017, 02:35 PM
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I've "flown" this rocket twice. I thought I went 29mm on the power, but I actually did it with a 24mm. First flight was on an Estes E9-8 that I'd had rattling around the box for several years. This particular pack had already claimed an FSI Dart clone a few years back, but I figured the chances were slim that another one would be lethal. Oops.
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Old 12-23-2017, 03:12 PM
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Ugh.
One more example why I use composites for most of my flights above "D" power.
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ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, and HAVOC !
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Old 12-23-2017, 03:14 PM
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2017 motor usage: B - 14

Heh, B-14
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Old 12-23-2017, 03:40 PM
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Last week the flight was a lot more nominal, but I'm having photo issues. Gotta whack 'em down to size.
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