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Main Parachute
Duane Wilkey looks over the packing of the main parachute as Pat Easter gets his camera ready. |
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Nose Cone Fit
Putting the nose cone on the main tube section. Mike Jenkins (who would later get his Level 3) and Dan Ledenican look over the work. |
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Shear Pin Install
Duane Wilkey, Mike Jenkins, Les Kramer and Dan Ledenican watch as I install the nose cone shear pins |
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Booster
Dan Ledenican helps mate the drogue section to the booster section. |
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Rail Load
Dan Ledenican and Les Kramer help guide the rocket on the rail. |
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HyperTek M956
The business end of the rocket waiting to move down the rail. You can see one of the igniter wires running from the fuel grain. |
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Fill Stem
The "M" fill stem has been inserted into the motor. You can also see the two igniter wires. One was taped to the grain and the other was on the fill stem. Pratt Hobbies supplied the ground support equipment including the BFV fill valve. |
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Electronics
The altimeters have been armed and I'm listening for the "beeps". |
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Nitrous Setup
Ivan Galysh gets the nitrous ready as Les, Duane and Chuck Rudy look over the pad. |
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Nitrous Warmimg
Yes! Warming. The nitrous tank had been on ice and the pressure was a little bit low. We took turns sitting on the tank to warm it up! |
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Ready
The rocket is on the pad and ready to go! |
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Vent Check
Lloyd Wood checks to see if we have a good nitrous vent. With the BFV fill valve from Pratt Hobbies, the 3500cc tank was filled in under 3 minutes. |
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Launch
Launch! HyperTeK M956 |
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Gaining Speed
The rocket moved off the pad pretty good and started the climb. |
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Pitch
At about 1000 feet a slight pitch into the wind |
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Apogee Event
At 4,496 feet, the booster separates from the drogue section. |
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Falling
The components continue to descend |
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Main Event
The main charge has deployed the nose cone and the main parachute is catching some air. |
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Main Inflates
The SkyAngle Cert 3 XXL inflates |
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Recovery Complete
The rocket falls at a gentle rate (almost vertical) back to the ground. |
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Level 3
Launch
