02-02-2021, 05:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Ft. Thomas, KY
Posts: 8,623
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Originally Posted by LeeR
Hard to believe that LJ II left one of those rods! It doesn’t look high enough off the ground, to be on that trajectory, even with severe rod whip.
I hope your rocket cleaned up OK ...  |
It was amazing to watch, just because it all happened so quickly. It bent as soon as it ignited and continued on that trajectory downfield. It was hard to watch, a real Steve Austin kind of thing. It was a competition flight, and the circumstances would have been funny if not for the rocket that it happened to. That day turned me off of the competition thing in a big way.
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Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Marauder, Shrike, SST Shuttle
In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion Centuri - Mini Dactyl Estes - F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Xarconian Cruiser Semroc - Cyber III
Ready to fly: Estes - Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark
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