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Personal launch report, 10-1-23, Huber Heights, OH
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Estes D.O.M. - Space Freighter Semroc - Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion Unflown: Estes - Der Red Jinx, F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler |
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That MIRV flight was...ahem... interesting to say the least.
Looked like a better-than-average flight of a PMC, in other words incredibly LOUSY, but no "trash bag-n'-broom recovery. The B. O. S. S. flight was amazingly straight/vertical. Great flight reporting as always.
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The flight path of the M.I.R.V. wasn't unexpected, but not to that extent. I really didn't think the video still of the three sustainers flying in formation would be visible when the time came to extract the photos, so to say I was thrilled with what I wound up with is spot on. Kinda made the rest of the day anticlimactic.
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I LOVE the Aphelion and don't fly my current one nearly enough. My first one bears Carl's signature (from NSL 2013) so it's up on a high shelf. Yours is inspiring me to build another in order to paint it as on the face card as you did....we'll see how long that inspiration lasts .
Aphelion, though longer, larger in diameter and a touch heavier than an Alpha, performs as well, which always surprises me when I fly it. And it's much easier to get a small altimeter into it than in an Alpha. I also have a BT-60-based upscale which I fly occasionally. One of these days I need to build one of the MIRVs in the stash. I've seen a couple at club launches and they have generally worked surprisingly well. Thanks for the fun read, as always.
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If you look closely, you'll notice that I screwed up the paint and decals on the Aphelion. I got the yellow section too short, so I had to make an adjustment on the decal.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Estes - Low Boom SST Estes D.O.M. - Space Freighter Semroc - Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc - Starfighter Scorpion Unflown: Estes - Der Red Jinx, F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Jayhawk, Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II, Microsonde 3 Payloader, Aerobee 300, Cyber III, Scrambler |
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