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My Midget Mini-Brute clone stays visible on an A3-0T+1/2A3-4T combination. One trick for tracking small rockets: launch when the sun is in the lower part of the sky, such as late in the afternoon/early in the evening, and set up your pad so that the sun is behind you. As the rocket climbs, it will catch the sunlight and be brightly lit against the darker eastern half of the sky. (You could also launch early in the morning too, but at this time of year - for the next couple of weeks, anyway - you would still have to go out pretty early.) Just don't launch so late in the day that the ground is in deep shadow, or you will have a hard time finding your rocket after it comes down. (Launching early in the morning avoids this problem.) Other ideas to aid in visibility: put some "radar chaff" (glitter) in with your recovery wadding. (I prefer using this instead of tracking powder for sport rockets, because it doesn't stain the paint job.) You could also switch to a metallic Mylar streamer or parachute that will give off reflections while it is aloft. Or you could even attach a few spinner blades to the bottom of the chute or streamer, or even spaced along your shock cord! Mark .\\
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