ROCStock 23
June 2006
/ Lucerne Dry Lake
1 flight, 1161 N-sec burned
ROCStock 23 was windy, but it was an excellent two days of flying. Several people (Allen Farrington, Joe & Charlie Cox, Rich Silva) got their L3s, Ken Finwall returned to the playa, and I flew the Arcas on its lucky 13th flight.
Flight 1: Arcas, AT J540
For lucky flight 13, the Arcas went up on an AT J540R to punt it into the air while keeping it low enough to (hopefully) prevent a long recovery walk. The rocket weathercocked into the 10 mph breeze, and deployed the drogue at the 3900' apogee, with the main appearing a short while later at 800'. Upon landing, however, the poor bird got dragged to death, delaminating the forward section of lower airframe, and scratching up the paint. 'Sok, I guess, it needed a new paint job anyways, I guess. Overall, a good flight for a breezy day.
Altitude: 3,986 ft
others: another angle
