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Jeffrey Joe Hinton
As far as I know, most everything was recovered. Exceptions being Mike Shinn’s Cheyenne, James Russell’s Charlie and Rich Charlet’s Cirrus Dart version 2. But then Art Hoag found a naked fiberglassed rocket with an acme fincan, maybe a Firestorm or Thunderbolt and I’d like to return it to its rightful owner. Let me know if it’s you.
James Russell
Charlie is a naked Little Dog fiberglass rocket with a 38mm motor mount in it. It also had an RT case in it. It was last seen going straight up, last signal from Walston was do south.
MikeS
The rocket called Cheyenne is now confirmed lost.
I went out today for a couple hours. Walked North/North-West,
and looked with binoculars for any sign of chute. Nothing.Looked west for any sign of core sampling. Nothing.
4″ X 4′. Red Top / Black Bottom. Four grain CTI case.
The first one I have lost. I have always either came back with
them intact or in a garbage bag.edward
When did it fly and what was your projected altitude. Also, how was the flight profile.
Edward
Warren B. Musselman
Join the club Mike. My sympathies. That prairie has eaten a number of my rockets. Occasionally it gives back the dead, but usually gone without a trace… RIP.
W
PS: There are still 3 of my altimeters out there on the prairie, a Perfectflight MAWD and two RRC2x’s… either in fragments or buried.
MikeS
2500′
It flew very well. It weather cocked to the SW slightly.
Epogee started just west of the road. But did enter the
clouds. A 36″ chute would let a 3.0 lbs drift a while.I do not hear well. Joe stated He never heard an ejection.
(rare for a CTI motor I287SS) I had a 10 sec. delay.Adrian
On top of the plateau due West from the launch site there are some undulating little valleys that like to hide rockets. Did your search cover that area?
edward
Yes, the plateau that you drive in on has a lot of small rolling hills where the elevation change is maybe only 5-7′. over 100-200′ And they go at an angle so you can’t see down them like you could corn rows. I walked from the top of the plateau to the weather radar in July looking for my friends L2 attempt. We found it about 3 miles from the launch site, in a small gash in the land.
Edward
MikeS
I walked them from the water tank (SW) clear to the windmill
(NW).
Jeffrey Joe Hinton
James Russell
MikeS
edward
Warren B. Musselman
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