Oh hi there. I'm known to blog... occasionally.
I attended the most recent launch at Holtville, CA and a fine day it was. I flew only a CTI 168H410 Vmax reload in my DarkStar mini. It sorta got up and went as expected. I captured no pixels of this flight except recovery which was close and convenient for once.
The rest of the launch I sought to regain some photographic skills. This new camera astounds but I'm still struggling with focus a bit. Today I shot primarily using manual focus. I'm also using a 1.4x II teleconverter as this 1Dx mark III is full-frame and that robs a bit of reach so the loss of one stop (f/2.8=>f/4.0) seems worth it.
I captured two nifty flights...
The first was Russ Sands' rocket on an AT 7301M4500 Super Thunder reload. It, too, got up and went quite briskly. Russ was able to fully recover the rocket so a fine flight it was.
The second was Paul Snow's "Intercontinental Transport" and he's authored that very thorough build thread on RocketryForum.com. This was another beautiful flight and the shock cord had conveniently snagged on the airframe providing a gentler horizontal descent.
I'm looking forward to flying more as the season progresses. I also learned that the SD club's planning a second flight of the Trident at LDRS 40 at Lucerne Dry Lake June 9-12 of this year. Be there!
