November 2016 Launch

Our November launch was met by chilly, but otherwise perfect weather – clear skies with no appreciable wind. We spent several hours flying various rockets, and had a fun and educational experience. Recoveries were generally very good, but we had some interesting failures. Ed lost a Mosquito that had seen many years and many launches, due to an apparent motor failure. But he had great results with a couple flights of an Edmond’s Deltie Airshow. That rocket has three balsa delta wing gliders that separate at streamer ejection. Its maiden launch was perfect – straight and true, with beautiful looping glides. With the second launch, two of the gliders took off straight for the trees. Fortunately, Kevin and Deanna persistently searched and found them. We got a good video of the launch, but were unable to capture the glide recovery. We should try to improve our photography coverage of launches!