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Well, it weren't goodly, that's for sure. ![]() ![]()
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--Just coverin' for ya. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hmm, what if I upscale an Estes Drifter to humongous SLS dimensions, and then stuff a cargo chute inside? (walks away doing some serious figuring...) .
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(Pssst. I just said that to humor him. See? He's quiet now. ![]()
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Jay Goemmer "Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero" YORF Member 28 Semroc SAM #0029 NAR 86131 "Your lightyears may vary." “Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.” Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By 03 Sept 2014 |
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![]() Using three of the new Estes 6" parachutes (reefed if necessary, although such small 'chutes might not need it) would give the Cherokee-D a stately "Apolloesque" appearance during descent without making it drift too far. They would also give it some redundancy, in the event one of the 'chutes failed to open.
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![]() Alright, ya bunch o' smart-alecks....
![]() Actually the reason I said that is that I have lost more Cherokee-D's five-fold to any other rocket. At least 3 on 18" chutes, and at least 2 on 12". Streamers only on that one for me now.... The Estes Skybolt actually weighed MORE, but had streamer recovery STOCK ! Anything "D" powered that weighs less than an Astron Renegade, I equip with a streamer or a 12" chute with a BIG spill hole.
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I have that one beat! I lost my last Cherokee D at NARAM 47 with just a nose blow ejection...no chute or streamer and it drifted away!
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![]() Sandman, that DEFINITELY beats me !
What was the motor ? I did not know one could lose one due to drift with "nose-blow" recovery ! Those must have been some HIGH winds ! For some reason I always lost them on D12-7's....NEVER any other motor....not on D12-5, D11-9, C11-5, B6-4, or C6-5's. Never used over a D in one...the E9 would most certainly increase the chance of loss.
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