At the November 3rd SEARS launch, conditions finally allowed for the first launch of my Farside-X clone. Perfect skies and minimal winds meant that, after lugging it to the club several times, it would be a go. Perfect conditions, perfect flight. C11-0, B6-0, B6-6. Really good boost from the C11. The first two stages landed between the pad and the LCO table. The sustainer floated down and actually stuck the landing a bit. Love it.

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Just completed: Estes Cherokee-E, Estes Multi-Roc.

Current project: Painting the roll pattern on my new Ventris build, gifted me by the estimable Dr. Houchin.

Wow! So it flies as nice as it looks!

Thanks! It sure did, and, unlike my affinity for streamered Comanche-3s, the chute brings this one down perfectly. No damage.

I'd actually started the day with the 12th flight of my perpetually abused Sky Raider clone. It also stuck the landing (three of them did this day.) D12-5. Nice flight, but a very large half-moon was left in the top of the body tube. You can see the dent in the landing picture below, along with the gash in a fin made on an earlier flight that broke the top quarter inch off of its first plastic nose cone.

Think I'll drill some pin holes in the payload section and test the Estes altimeter I received for my birthday with this one.

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Just completed: Estes Cherokee-E, Estes Multi-Roc.

Current project: Painting the roll pattern on my new Ventris build, gifted me by the estimable Dr. Houchin.

Also flown, my Maxi-Icarus clone on an E9-4. Long-burning nice flight.

Still looking for a Lego Batman mini-fig for the payload section. Apparently, Lego mini-figs are a huge thing. Who knew?

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Just completed: Estes Cherokee-E, Estes Multi-Roc.

Current project: Painting the roll pattern on my new Ventris build, gifted me by the estimable Dr. Houchin.

Also also, I flew my Star Orbiter again. On an F15-6, this one seems to float forever. Bought some Es for next time. Finally landed just in front of a very rare Estes Porta-Pot Shot upscale.

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Just completed: Estes Cherokee-E, Estes Multi-Roc.

Current project: Painting the roll pattern on my new Ventris build, gifted me by the estimable Dr. Houchin.

That's a really nice Farside! Did you do the fins in balsa or basswood?

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My Farside clone has basswood fins.

If I had to do it again, I would have made them through-the-wall. There is an issue where . . . hmm, how can I put this?

The fins are comparatively huge, and thus there's potentially a lot of torque put on the fin/tube joint. Because basswood is less porous compared to balsa, glue joints don't have as much grip. So they can snap off easily.

Even a small TTW tab could add a lot of strength to the joint.

Of course, this is a problem if you have a 24mm motor in the first stage.

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