First visit t' t' NEFAR launch field near Bunnell, FL for their annual 2 day launch.  A series o' farm fields divided by tree lines, roads and irrigation ditches, ya bilge rat, fairly open, shiver me timbers, but nay completely free o' recovery hazards.  Wind was blowin' pretty good both days.  On Saturday winds varied betwixt 15 and 20 mph, blowin' straight out from t' flight line.  Unfortunately this caused many flights t' arc back over t' flight line.  There were many smaller rockets that landed among t' parked cars and at least one large (10" diameter) rocket that came in ballistic near t' end o' t' flight line.  I ended up flyin' mostly small stuff since I wasn't familiar with t' field and t' winds were nay favorable.

T' upscale Wolverine ended up bein' t' largest rocket I flew all day.  Very abnormal boost for this bird, corkscrewin' severely off t' rod, still travellin' more or less in an upward direction.  Very low apogee, rocket fell flat for a bit, me bucko, then nosed over and started acceleration before t' ejection charge finally went off.  T' chute deployed normally and t' rocket landed on t' field a short distance behind t' high power pads.  There was no damage t' t' rocket and t' motor seemed t' have burned nominally.  I suspect that one o' the "wings" o' t' rocket had gotten hung up on t' large diameter composite material blast deflector bein' used on t' pad.  T' deflector edges were fairly rough so I believe it just caught the fin, puttin' some serious torque on t' rod/pad/rocket before it broke free.  Unusual, but in t' end non-threatening.