when one fails to pay attention to the details of prepping a model rocket for flight! Despite this initial failure, it was another busy and fun day at the state line hurling projectiles into the sky.
Failure to properly retain the rocket engine in the motor mount allowed it to launch out the top of the rocket while sitting on the pad at ignition, displacing the nose cone and parachute and recovery wadding as it moved through the body tube. Oops.
No fires were started as the rocket engine departed the airframe leaving the rocket undamaged after the mishap on the pad. Exciting!
Second attempt: Nike Smoke Pro successfully lifting off the rail and piercing the La Sal Mountains in the distance.
Cherokee Pro heading up on a F engine.
Cherokee Mini seconds from touchdown after flying to 1,856 feet (566 meters) on a G engine.