Immensely disappointing, but that is the risk. As a boy, I loved launching Estes model rockets. I would guess the breakage per launch was something like 30%, and the total loss of the rocket was about one quarter of the 30% breakage. Total loss meaning I never saw it again, or saw it in a tree where I could never reach. I don't think any of them lasted over 5 launches.
I remember someone trying to do a two stage with normal one stage engines, rocket went up, engine stopped, rocket turned over, second engine fired it straight down into the ground. I don't think any of us saw the impact, we were too busy running away.
Looks like he didnt transition through the landing quickly enough. The gyros in those get goofy through the vertical transitions (spinning up on the ground to lift-off and then settling back on the ground through touch-down) when they are on the ground. They are prone to tipping over if you dont transition them fast enough. Notice the back left wheel didnt sink in but the back right lifted. Been there, done that.
We need Alemaster to explain where he went wrong.
ReplyDeleteSwear to God I saw a mini Vic Morrow right around the 40 second mark... maybe not.
ReplyDeleteLOL... You bastard.
DeletePoor Sarge...
DeleteDamn, I bet that hurt.
ReplyDeleteThat has got to suck.
ReplyDeleteImmensely disappointing, but that is the risk. As a boy, I loved launching Estes model rockets. I would guess the breakage per launch was something like 30%, and the total loss of the rocket was about one quarter of the 30% breakage. Total loss meaning I never saw it again, or saw it in a tree where I could never reach. I don't think any of them lasted over 5 launches.
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I put firecrackers in the payload so it would blow up on the way down.
DeleteMy genius cousin (PhD Mathematics) built a few pen-size rockets as a kid. They found their last one stuck through the top of a car a few blocks away.
DeleteI remember someone trying to do a two stage with normal one stage engines, rocket went up, engine stopped, rocket turned over, second engine fired it straight down into the ground. I don't think any of us saw the impact, we were too busy running away.
DeleteThat'd make a grown man cry....dayum....
ReplyDeleteMaybe he would have been better off
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Backwoods Okie
Pavement. DUH!
DeleteBackwoods Okie
gesundheit
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame. That was a bad ass RC.
ReplyDeleteLooks like he didnt transition through the landing quickly enough. The gyros in those get goofy through the vertical transitions (spinning up on the ground to lift-off and then settling back on the ground through touch-down) when they are on the ground. They are prone to tipping over if you dont transition them fast enough. Notice the back left wheel didnt sink
ReplyDeletein but the back right lifted. Been there, done that.
Missed it by thatmuch.
ReplyDeleteAhh....geez that poor guy. Talented R/C pilot too.
ReplyDeleteThat's what you get with russian equipment.
ReplyDeleteWhat! No explosion? How disappointing. Ohio Guy
ReplyDeleteWell crap!
ReplyDelete"GET TO DA CHOPP....ah fudge."
ReplyDeleteBummer dude.
ReplyDeleteWhen younger and building flying models, I usually built three, knowing that two would not survive.
ReplyDeleteThat is sad. Poor guy looked heartbroken.
ReplyDeleteSteve in KY
Aw, Dude! Always use a landing pad for a model helicopter, even if it's made of cardboard. Found that out once the hard way. (Bye bye, $600...)
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