Success!! I would say my biggest success! Exporter 2000 flew flawlessly.
As you can probably see from the picture one motor came up to pressure a little before the other. Cluster ignition is tricky, but I managed to pull it off.
No camera man actually stood this close. This is the frame from a pad camera.
There was only one problem: the video camera came back empty. 8(
My plan is to launch it again in a few days at my own field. Right now I'm attaching a mirror to the side of the rocket at a 45 degree angle so the video is looking down.
My altimeter indicated that the rocket went to 1,650 feet, reaching speeds of 220 mph.
I'll post the video from the launch soon!
As you can probably see from the picture one motor came up to pressure a little before the other. Cluster ignition is tricky, but I managed to pull it off.
No camera man actually stood this close. This is the frame from a pad camera.
There was only one problem: the video camera came back empty. 8(
My plan is to launch it again in a few days at my own field. Right now I'm attaching a mirror to the side of the rocket at a 45 degree angle so the video is looking down.
My altimeter indicated that the rocket went to 1,650 feet, reaching speeds of 220 mph.
I'll post the video from the launch soon!
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