I haven't logged in here in a couple of years! Things look different.

Anyhow I am posting this here because it is sort of a report

I was cleaning up my shed the other day and came across an old model rocket kit. It had never even been opened and the tubes were in good shape!

For a little while I was really into smaller model rockets and have all kinds. Also launch kits, engines, etc.

So I put that kit together (An Estes Ricochet) put a few rockets into the jeep and drove out to a large field.

First up was the new kit. Flew quite well, but I did not make the recovery streamer big enough, came down and snapped a fin loose. It was done for the day.

Next up was a much bigger rocket. I don't forget the name but it stands 36" tall and 1 1/2" diameter. It uses an E size engine or a D size with an adaptor. I stuck a D size in there and forgot the adaptor. When I went to put the igniter in the engine slid forward and immediately I realized what I had done. Cant fly that one, could not get the engine back out in the field.

Last was an old kit but a fantastic performer. The Estes Goblin. This little guy is all engine! It takes up to a D size engine. For the first flight I put a C size with the appropriate adaptor, a C63 and if flew great, several hundred feet with like a one second burn. Recovery was within 20 feet of the launch site! So I 'gassed' it up and put a D12 in there and let it rip. WOW that had to be well over 1,000 feet with what seemed like a 3 second burn! It took like 30 seconds to come down! Recovery within 30 feet of the launch site!

With that I packed up and went home with a smile on my face. I will have to do this more often!

Thanks for the report, and welcome back!

You got your Goblin back from a D12 flight. I'd say that's a pretty good day.

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Thanks guys!

Yea I told my wife (who came out with me) "Woah we may never see that one again!".

I think it has been a couple of years since I last posted here. Tried to look up when my last post (prior to this one) was. No luck yet

Holy cow I just found it! Last post was in 2015!!!

I always used to get Goblins back from D12 flights... Streamer recovery.
It was always the Cherokee-D with the stupid 18" chutes that I had a 50% loss rate with.
I converted all my BT-55 and below D power fleet to Streamer or 10" chute.

Welcome back !
Flying a Goblin with D power is coming back in style !

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !

Yea I use streamer recovery a lot.

The goblin has two streamers affixed to swivels and nylon stretch cord instead of the estes rubber band

Pretty effective. As I said it landed within 30 feet of the launch position

Looking back, I'm amazed that I got my first Goblin back from the early flights. A D12 from a baseball field is asking for trouble, but the worst that happened was a tree landing that my buddy Rick climbed up and got for me. Welcome back. Feel free to post pics!

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I miss being SAM 0058

Build floor: FRW Maverick AGM-65B StickerShock Vader Max

In paint: Centuri Stellar Hercules, Estes Indicator, Long Tom, Luna Bug, Nike Apache, Ricochet, Solar Warrior FRW Star Blazer XL Quest Intruder Red River Stratos, Semroc Cyber III, Excalibur, Firefly, S.P.E.V., Texas Firefly

Ready to fly: Estes Nova Scout Ship Semroc Point

Yea I did not get any pics or videos that day.

I will be more diligent the next time I get out