| Model |
Flt
# |
Recovery Type |
Motor |
Comments |
| Betty-X |
1
|
Dual 18" plastic parasheets
|
Estes B6-2
|
First test flight on a new eggloft design -- a modified Quest Big Betty,
a sort of Big Bertha clone but with three fins instead of four. This
bash has a faired-in CMR egg capsule and a baffle made of four balsa partial
bulkheads, pop lug, and interchangeable motor mount intended to support
a 3x18mm installation as well as the 1x24mm I made for the upcoming D Eggloft
Duration contest. This first flight was successful, the egg returned
without so much as a headache, but the motor mount ejected. On examination,
it looked as if the cardboard centering rings had flexed past the mount
latch (a modified Quest motor latch). |
|
Betty-X
|
2
|
Dual 18" plastic parasheets
|
Estes D12-5
|
This second test flight further proved the overall soundness of my
design, with not a mark on the parachutes despite use of no wadding at
all, and with the egg once more recovered in prime condition -- but once
again, the motor mount ejected, and this time it was lost. Back to
the shop for a new motor mount design, one less prone to slipping past
the latch. |
|
Alpha
|
8
|
12" plastic parasheet w/ spill and vents
|
Estes A8-5
|
This was the usual perfect flight for this reliable performer, and
recovery was close to the pad. |
|
Alpha
|
9
|
12" plastic parasheet w/d spill and vents
|
Estes A8-5
|
Another perfect flight, this one recovered in the tall grass, but was
easily located and retrieved. |