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Old 06-06-2017, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Daddyisabar
Congratulations on the upscale Orbital Transport!


Thanks David. I was really nervous flying it, since I had some damage on a couple other rockets when they landed on really hard patches of desert soil.

I spent a lot of time on judging day just keeping my Super Orbital Transport, and other contestants models, from getting blown off the table. Not much flying that day.

My Star Orbiter flew great on Estes 29mm BP. I flew an F15-8 first, then tried the E16-6 next. The LCO launched the second flight out of order from other rockets on the rack, so I never saw it launch! I walked toward the spot where the first flight landed, and it was about 50 feet closer. LUCKY ME!
I really wanted to try the 29mm BP motors. I want to build a two-stage rocket using them, and maybe a cluster model.

I had some old 24mm and 29mm reloads from the mid-90s I flew, I just replaced the delay kit. Worked fine.

I had maybe 10 flights, not nearly what I expected, but I always take too much.
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