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2012-10-20

Arreaux

Flight

My Arreaux is cursed! After a nice straight boost t' around 2000' somethin' happened at deployment and t' shock cord tore right at t' 'chute. Arrr! Both tube sections fell back t' t' field and t' parachute drifted off downrange. Well, blow me down! T' altimeter 2 failed t' record any data but still worked, as did t' ... [More]

   

Cheetah

Flight

Nice flight. A2 showed 186mph. Aye aye! Landed close t' pad. - F22-7J - TCC Davis [More]

   

Cheetah

Flight

Great flight. Blimey! A2 showed 446mph but was flashin' since peak G's were 22.3 so it might have under-measured. Well, blow me down! - G53-10FJ - TCC Davis [More]

   

Initiator

Flight

First flight after replacin' broken motor hook with madcow retainer. Flew great. Well, blow me down! A2 reported 135mph. - F20-4W - TCC Davis [More]

   

2012-06-09

Arreaux

Flight

Maiden flight; bad choice o' motor on windy day. Avast, me proud beauty! Tryin' t' make recovery close but F22 didn't have enough oomph t' get it stable before it came off t' pad. T' wind caught it and it cartwheeled into t' lakebed. Will rebuild and try again. Avast, me proud beauty! - F22-7J - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

   

Cheetah

Flight

Windy day. Long hike for recovery, drifted clear back out t' t' highway. A2 showed 276mph. - F40-10 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

   

Initiator

Flight

Very windy day. Good flight anyway, nice straight boost. Ya scallywag! A2 showed 134mph. - F20-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

   

Initiator

Flight

Very windy day. Avast! Nice flight otherwise. A2 showed 133mph. Ya scallywag! - F20-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

   

2012-03-10

Initiator

Flight

Nice flight. Altimeter Two showed 119mph. - F20-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

   

Initiator

Flight

Maiden flight. Begad! Perfect! - E15-4 - Lucerne Dry Lake [More]

   

Mike McCollum