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Old 07-20-2022, 04:23 PM
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Smart phone video of first flight taken by someone else. It went quite high and landed in the middle of that baseball field seen downrange. As I expected, recovery was like a spool - tumbled. No damage to the craft at all. The 13mm A3-4 motors eject from the craft to slightly lighten it for descent.

I'm going to do additional launches to see if it's possible to optimize the design. I'll be taking my own videos next time with a DSLR.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzgz7nk5aih15h6/IMG_2544.MOV
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