09-13-2020, 08:28 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Auburn, Washington
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Originally Posted by MarkB.
Comrades:
I would say "depends". My Big Bertha has 20+ flights and will likely be flown until it can fly no longer. I think that should always be the answer for Big Berthas.
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In general I’d agree with this. In fact I was just repairing the Big Bertha that’s in my high school colors after it got a less-than-two-second-delay in a Q-Jet D two weeks ago, which led to a stripped chute, a broken shock cord and the body streamlining in from ~400 feet. That was its 22nd flight.
BUT—I have a Big Bertha that is built according to the original BB plan and painted to resemble Vern’s prototype that he signed at NSL in 2013 and another built for the Big Bertha contest at NARAM-56 that’s signed by both Vern and Gleda. These two are done flying.
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