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 The original objective of flying 2YikStik at NCR's Mile High Mayhem 2011 
 was not met due to weather conditions unfavorable for a high altitude launch.
 
 The original objective of flying 2YikStik at NCR's Mile High Mayhem 2011 
 was not met due to weather conditions unfavorable for a high altitude launch.
 

-We currently hope to fly 2YikStik at [LDRS 30](http://ldrs30.org/).
+We flew 2YikStik at [LDRS 30](http://ldrs30.org/) on Friday morning.  The
+first couple seconds were glorious!  Unfortunately, we hit a wind shear layer
+just as we were approaching mach, and the side pressure on the nose cone
+apparently snapped the coupler behind the nose bay, causing the remainder of
+the propellant to be expended sky-writing instead of going up.  Way
+too exciting!
+
+The airframe didn't get going fast enough before the incident to log any
+interesting skin temperature data, but the sensor in contact with the motor
+casing showed the anticipated rise as the motor burned, so we believe the
+TeleScience boards were working fine.
+
+[YikStik3](../YikStik3/) will be our next attempt.