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I took the Intrepid out for a test flight way back on 13 April. I cannot find my records and, for the life of me, I cannot recall what motor I loaded. I know that I loaded only the central motor tube with a 29mm. It was probably a Roadrunner. I do remember having the bad realization that I recalled nowhere in the instructions any mention of a standoff for the launch lug so that the rod would clear the payload section. When I tried it, though, the lug was far enough back that it fit OK, if not perfectly.
I should mention at this point that another member was kind enough to provide me with my own personal LCO.
My LOC felt so bad about pushing the button too hard and stripping the chute that she took it upon herself to go find it. The point of failure was at the snap swivel. It opened right up.
The rocket tumbled back down and did not break anything when it struck. The RSO was kind enough to remind me that he did not approve of tumble recovery in MPR projects. He was not impressed when I claimed that the chute was stripped when the LCO pushed the button too hard.
A Bangladeshi day labour sleeps his own basket during the countrywide strike at Kawran Bazar in Dhaka.
I took the Intrepid out for a test flight way back on 13 April. I cannot find my records and, for the life of me, I cannot recall what motor I loaded. I know that I loaded only the central motor tube with a 29mm. It was probably a Roadrunner. I do remember having the bad realization that I recalled nowhere in the instructions any mention of a standoff for the launch lug so that the rod would clear the payload section. When I tried it, though, the lug was far enough back that it fit OK, if not perfectly.