Created on: Sunday 26 November 2006
Art Applewhite getting things ready to go...
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VIDEO: One of the first flights of the day. Very nice.
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The audience and prep area...
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Me (Tom Weeks) with a HPR modified Honest John Maxi and Estes Sidewinder. Mark smiling on in the background.
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Me and my Honest John set up with an EconoJet F42 rail launch.
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VIDEO: A great drag race. D vs F.
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VIDEO: Art's "Priority Stealth" (on a G35) was a cool looking delta flyer, but the motor mount let lose and chaos ensued.
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This is actually a second picture of the Ho-Jo set up with a G35 (the fatal load).
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VIDEO: The Ho-Jo has a spectacular G powered flight, but I lost the weighted 8oz nosecone at ejection time.
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VIDEO: The Ho-Jo slowly floating back, minus her overweight nosecone.
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Art helping me search for the olive drab nose cone.
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My wife and dad join in... no luck.
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VIDEO: A spectacular flight of an oversized, custom built Red Max. Very nice.
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I don't know what bird this was, but it was fast!
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This was a great little drag race between an Estes Patriot and a little white rocket. The white rocket got a head start, but the C6-5 patriot quickly caught up and blew it away!
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A photo of my lessons learned; Don't launch on a overly short ejection cord, and don't have a nosecone mass that out-strips the strength of the cord mounts.
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