The chute was burned, the electronics were un-harmed, the kevlar harness was fine, the whole upper airframe and nose were good. The fin can was salvagable. Just a 3 foot section of airframe was lost and the hardware was bent and busted. I "over"built the fin can and good thing I did. The rocket has been rebuilt and a waits it's first flight.
No this was not a cert flight. Yes it was an EX load. And as it turns out the reason for the CATO was the nozzle. I used the commercial nozzle and not the recomended "EX" nozzle. There was a lack of communication in the ordering of the hardware and I thought received the "EX" nozzle when in-fact I had the commercial nozzle. I never double checked. I picked up the hardware from the vendor and loaded the grains. Many so called "experts" claimed my formula was off. But now I know my work was rite
So sorry...
SportRocketry 1 year ago
Too bad about your rocket. Glad you got repaired.
harmsworth1 1 year ago
The chute was burned, the electronics were un-harmed, the kevlar harness was fine, the whole upper airframe and nose were good. The fin can was salvagable. Just a 3 foot section of airframe was lost and the hardware was bent and busted. I "over"built the fin can and good thing I did. The rocket has been rebuilt and a waits it's first flight.
porkwizard1 1 year ago
No this was not a cert flight. Yes it was an EX load. And as it turns out the reason for the CATO was the nozzle. I used the commercial nozzle and not the recomended "EX" nozzle. There was a lack of communication in the ordering of the hardware and I thought received the "EX" nozzle when in-fact I had the commercial nozzle. I never double checked. I picked up the hardware from the vendor and loaded the grains. Many so called "experts" claimed my formula was off. But now I know my work was rite
porkwizard1 1 year ago
so was that your EX motor (didn't think you could use EX for a cert flight)
or was it a reload?
metalwizard23 1 year ago
sorry about that , but remember nasa had bad days also
pierce4484 1 year ago
not good sorry about it
newyorkcentrury 1 year ago
Not as bad as black 5 eh? XD
Was anything recoverable?
TIRrocketry 2 years ago