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I Got Into My First BAR-Flight Yesterday Morning….
After not having pressed a model rocket launch button in 33 years, I finally got it going this morning.
Official BAR now. The model was the recently finished Estes Mini-Brute Hornet. The model launched on, not one, but three perfect straight-up flights, all on 1/2A3-‘tooties’. I would have flown it a fourth time but one of the igni….’er… ‘starters’ was broken right out of the package, and I didn’t have any spares. This was also a good test of my new home-built launch pad and controller. All worked flawlessly. The launch site was pretty appropriate for the color scheme of the Hornet – Dove Valley Regional Park right across the street from the Denver Broncos HQ and training facility. Orange and Blue, Baby! I chose to do the launching early in the morning ( 7:00-ish) because it is usually calm. At launch time, wind was non-existent. Temp around 65 degrees. I set the rod angle at near vertical, and the model flew straight up on all three flights. A streamer was used, so the bird landed within 50 feet of the pad on all flights. A perfect start to my BAR career! I’m totally stoked!
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Nice rocket, nice launcher and a great looking field. Welcome back to the fold!
Joe |
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Welcome back!!
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GOOBA-Gabba
GOOBA-Gabba We accept you We accept you GOOBA-Gabba GOOBA-Gabba One of us ONE OF US
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Warning: Becoming a BAR is very addicting.......
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Congrats !
Now launch something with at least a 50+n-sec F or larger for a REAL thrill !
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Thanks, All....
Yep - This is addictive.... and Yep....gonna be hard on the hobby budget.... As for flying MPR - been there, done that. I most likely won't be getting into much big stuff this time around. Budget and time won't allow it. For the time being, I am quite content to stick to small LPR models that I can just take to a nearby park and do the 'WHOOSH-POP' thing. I foresee most of my model rocket flights not exceeding B engines, believe it or not! Most of my upcoming model builds will be scale, futuristic/exotic birds, and small gliders. The emphasis will definitely be on modeling craftsmanship rather than going all out with size and power. I just want to have some nice looking models that I can fly low power without straining my eyes to follow and going on long chases for recovery. Plus there's the risk of easily losing quality models in which I have a lot of investment in time and funds. I don't even have a desire at this time to become involved with the NAR / Club / Contest scene. I was all about that in the 70s and 80s, and don't really wish to tread that ground again. Must be getting old...... Anyway, my latest projects on the bench now are an Estes Lynx kit and a clone of the MPC Lunar Patrol. I had one of those back in the 70s and it was probably my favorite bird(s) to fly out of all the models in my vast fleet.
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That's cool...
Ever since HPR came about, it seems like the ONLY focus is on bigger and higher power rockets. There's also an attitude, even if sometimes unspoken, that "if you're not flying HPR, you're just 'playing with toys'-- the "real men" fly HPR." That's mostly bunk, because most of the HPR activities I've seen are just a glorified, bigger "woosh pop", albeit costing hundreds of dollars a flight in some cases, and adding some expensive electronics for dual deploy or whatever. A lot of it is overbuilt epoxy-slathered "anti-tank rounds" that have NO build elegance, rather they just "shove a bigger motor in it" until they get the thing to fly. I DO like mid-power, but I have NO intention of messing with HPR... I simply REFUSE to get a "certification" for a HOBBY (leisure) activity. Plus, the expense is ridiculous. In addition, unless you're interested in flying into the stratosphere or going Mach+, there's basically little you can do with HPR that you cannot do with LPR/MPR. Later and have fun! OL J R
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