Yeah sad story but my buddy Dave here on the forum came out to the farm one time and went to fly his beautiful FSI Maverick (IIRC) on an E9 and got the dreaded "blast deflector ping" right at liftoff, as the motor spit the nozzle, and slid right back down the rod just after first motion, and sat there with the back end of the motor puking out low pressure flame and smoke for the entire duration of the burn and delay grain, thoroughly roasting the entire aft end and fins of the rocket... Though he did rebuild it, you still hate to see it happen, have it just sitting there burning and you can't do anything about it...

Still, I have gotten a LOT of really nice flights out of E9's and I'll hate to see that motor go... While it wasn't for EVERY 24 mm motor mount rocket, it was a great performer in the ones it WAS a good fit for (like the Canadian Arrow).

Later! OL J R

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