ROC July 2018

After the no-drogue-main situation on its previous flight, I had pretty much given up on having a 3" Darkstar. But at AIRFest in 2017, Jason Griffin's two stage 3" Darkstar flight looked like it was being piloted by a drunk monkey, and Jason wanted to get rid of the booster (too many fins). I offered him $50 for it and it came back to California with me. It looks pretty much the same, but it's painted in Jason's signature school bus yellow! I had prepped the avbay and motor the month before at ROCStock, but the wind picked up and I never got to fly it. Prep was nearly instantaneous, and the rocket was on the pad by 9:30 or so. The signature White Lightning motor performed well and recovery was easy as we packed up and said quick goodbyes. A perfect flight for a quick day of rockets!