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My Rockets
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Blue Streak
Flights: 5
Estes Silver Comet, built '98, first flown IRW '98. Damaged a fin during transit betwen
homes. Repaired and flown at
Big EARS '05, 'chute
tangled and caused "zippering" of body tube, cracked a fin on landing. Repaired and
repainted completely. First flight at UKRA 2005 was perfect, second flight for an altimeter
test flight - parachute tangled up in altimeter elastic and didn't open, nose-end first impact, trashed
body tube, fin and altimeter. Fin and body tube replaced, rocket is now significantly longer.
Smarties Have The Answer
Flights: 4
Scratch built from two Smarties tubes and a payload bay (for Smarties, of course),
with hemispherical fins, May '05. First flight at UKRA 2005, landed hard and broke 2 fins. Repaired and
flown a second time, perfect flight. Flown twice at BK Flamer, perfect flights, entered into the OddRoc
competition and won first place. Travel damage on the return home - one torn smarties tube, should be
easily reparable.
Harlequin
Flights: 3
Estes A.R.V. Condor, double boosted gliders. Built May '05. First flight at UKRA 2005, absolutely
beautiful! Flown twice at BK Flamer on D12-3s, both perfect flights; on the second flight, one
glider caught a thermal and went back up, and took about 5 minutes to land, 2 fields away.
Into The Sunset
Flights: 3
Scratch built from Estes box o' bits May '05. First flight at UKRA 2005, perfect! Flown twice at BK
Flamer on D12-5s, both brilliant flights, first was a sucessful MAP 2.0 task, the second landed 3
fields away and was miraculously recovered!
Torque
Flights: 2
3-inch black pre-made rocket, tumble recovery. First flight at UKRA 2005, amazingly - recovered from
the field!
Insane Asylum
Flights: 1
Quest Aurora, single boosted glider. Built May '05. Fluorescent green nose/tail, fading to white body;
blue fleck paint over all. First flight at UKRA 2005, completely unstable, powered into ground! Minor
neck damage, needs repair and glider modification.
Improbability Drive
Flights: 1
Estes Renegade, 2-stage. Built at UKRA 2005, probably not stable, so didn't fly due to high winds.
After a shockingly sucessful swing test (with a lot more speed than previously) it had it's first flight
at BK Flamer on a still afternoon on D12-0 to C11-3. First stage landed heavily nose first, slight
crumpling of side tubes. Top stage would have coped on a larger motor, flew straight, recovered fine.
Sucessful Map 2.5 task!
Retired & Unrecovered
Unnamed
Flights: 3
Scratch build from plastic sheets. Built and flown three times at IRW, Largs, '97. Final
flight ruptured side wall. Retired.
Unnamed
Flights: 1
Estes Quark. Built, flown once and lost at IRW, Largs, '98.
Li'l Purple Thing
Flights: 1
Estes Mosquito. Built at IRW, Largs, '98. First flight at Big EARS '05, never recovered.
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