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 This is a custom, 54mm minimum diameter airframe, based on a KestreL kit from
 [3 Dogs Rocketry](http://3dogsrocketry.com/).  The name is a play on "Way Up
-Yonder" with the intended initial motor being the new 
+Yonder", chosen when the intended initial motor was the 
 [Cesaroni](http://pro38.com) Pro54 6xl K300 long-burn reload.
 
 ## Motivation
 
-My fundamental objective with this airframe is to "need" the high altitude 
-window at the NCR North launch site sometime in 2010.  This would have the
+My original objective with this airframe was to "need" the high altitude 
+window at the NCR North launch site in 2010.  This would have had the
 consequence of raising my personal altitude record from 14141 feet AGL on an
-L730 in my Vertical Assault.  A secondary objective is to take one of our
+L730 in my Vertical Assault.  A secondary objective was to take one of our
 [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) altimeters higher than it has
-ever gone before and demonstrate successful GPS based recovery with it.
+ever gone before and demonstrate successful GPS based recovery with it. 
+Unfortunately, thanks to weather conditions and related issues, this airframe
+did not fly in 2010.
 
 I pondered various
-airframe and other materials choices and designs over several months.  The
+airframe and other materials choices and designs over several months.  John's
 introduction of the Kestrel kit with an introductory special including the
 Cesaroni Pro54 6xl case and associated tail cone rear closure was too good 
 pass up.  However, as is often the case, I won't be building this kit stock!
 
-The first flight is planned for [NCR](http://ncrocketry.org)'s Mile High
-Mayhem 2010, weather permitting.
-
 ## Design Details
 
 From the kit, we get:
@@ -33,58 +32,14 @@ From the kit, we get:
 * Cesaroni Pro54 6xl case and tail cone rear closure
 * G10 bulkheads and coupler stock
 
-To which I'll add:
+To which I added:
 
 * [TeleMetrum](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum) avionics in the nose cone
 * 5.6oz 2x2 twill carbon fiber and 6oz glass tip to tip on fin can
 
 ## Build
 
-Construction has not started yet.
-
-Measurements of parts provided with the kit for building a simulation:
-
-* Pro54 tail cone rear closure
- * 58 grams
- * 36mm long, 11mm straight then tapering
- * 57mm forward OD, 48mm aft OD
-* Pro54 6xl case
- * 469 grams
- * 645mm long, 636mm forward of aft closure
-* 54mm convolute fin can, with fin slots cut
- * 416 grams
- * 808mm long
- * 183mm fin slots starting 17mm from trailing edge
-* 54mm convolute forward air frame
- * 169 grams
- * 312mm long
-* 54mm convolute coupler
- * 68 grams
- * 130mm long
-* 54mm VK nose cone
- * 132 grams (before smoothing)
- * 288mm long, 67mm shoulder
-* 3 fin set
- * 91 grams
- * 184mm root chord, 71.5mm span
- * clipped delta, aft 27mm is straight
- * leading and trailing edges tapered
-* nose bulk plate
- * 9 grams
- * 2.5mm long, 51mm diameter, 6mm hole
-* 2 machined duplex bulkheads
- * 13.5 grams each
- * 3.5mm long, 54mm OD, 5mm hole
-* 2 machined aluminum shock cord anchors
- * 7 grams each
- * 26mm long, 13mm diameter
-* kevlar shock cord
- * 61 grams
-
 ## Publicity
 
-None yet.
-
 ## Flights
 
-None yet.