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Launch Date: March 3rd, 2022
Thursday, March 3rd, six Colorado Front Range rocketeers journeyed to Dove Valley Park in Centennial, Colorado to fly in perfect weather conditions.
A wide range of models were successfully launched: Gliders (both free-flight and RC), vintage models, scale models, futuristic models, video cams…you name it. The full launch session report can be found here, on my most excellent blog: https://castlerocketeer.blogspot.co...h-3rd-2022.html Enjoy!
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Overall, a great day for flying rockets. We were lucky to have such a great day with sun, blue sky, and temps in the low 70s. We were back down in Denver yesterday, with icy winter conditions and accidents everywhere. Typical Colorado winters.
I once again had an 2018 original release Q-Jet motor failure, again on my Hex-3. No great loss, I bought the kit dirt cheap on a Hobby Lobby sale, but I am trying to see how many flights I can get on it, and the Q-Jets are not making it easy. This time, I had a casing burn-thru at the top end of the casing. Flight was normal at liftoff, then turned wildly erratic. The picture tells the story. I may give it a duct tape patch and press my luck with one of the remaining Q-Jets I have. Pressing my luck further, I flew my Skeletor rocket (considered disposable) with an Estes E12-4, for a great flight with no issues.
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That's a NICELY TORCHED Q-jet casing.
Was it a C or D ? Black Jack or White Lightning ? They really need to get Blue Thunder in those. A nice D30-ish 18mm would ROCK.
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These motors are Q-Jets, the single-use composites, not Aerotech RMS reloadable motors. I flky 18mm, 24mm, and 29mm RMS also, and I have had very few issues since starting to use them in the early 90s. I did have a sidewall burn-thru on the 29/40-120 RMS back in the 90s. Aerotech replaced the hardware, but no compensation for reload or rocket (and frankly, which I was not expecting). I understand that there are issues with the early Q-Jets, but I won't purchase any newer ones until I hear that there are reliable. That data mnay exist, I just have not checked. I do have a package of the 24mm Q-Jet E motors, but will test them in something expendable, like Dollar Store Halloween Bowl rocket.
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In the blog post the blow-though Q-Jet is listed as a B6-4, which would be a White Lighting B.
I've had one Q-Jet do that as well....but I'll have to go back through my logs to see what it was. It was a flight in an Air Walker. It looks like you guys had a great flying session. Thanks for sharing. added: it was faster to search my email to find ones sent to Karl at Aerotech....the Q-Jet I had blow a hole in the side of the case was a C12-4 (an "FJ" motor from back when there were no "W" Q-Jets) almost exactly two years ago. That was the second Q-Jet CATO that poor Air Walker had to survive.... Also added: I was surprised to see that Dave Bauer actually flies relatively "normal" rockets, too...
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Bernard, my mistake. It was a B4 Q-Jet. One of the first I bought when we went to NSL-2018 in Geneseo. All those early motors of mine were the ones with oversized casings, requiring the labels to be peeled off. I have had several successes, and several failures. Both failures were in the Hex-3. I thought about patching it and decided to retire it to the trash can. Glad I just bought a few of those early packs. Regarding David Bauer, it was quite an experience to see him fly a normal rocket.
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Thanks for the wonderful launch report. Outstanding photography, I am envious of your launchsite!
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Was the Sky Raider ever recovered? It's not hard to clone, but it was an original classic that I'd hate to lose.
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