birch plywood. The fin forward and leading edge rings are made from 3/4 inch
thick birch plywood, mostly to provide sufficient depth for milled fin slots.
-Will add a pointer to build photos here once they are available.
+## Photos
-## Publicity
+I've put all the [build photos](http://gallery.gag.com/rockets/YikStik3/Build/)
+together in one place.
+
+These were taken by friends at YikStik3's first flight during the
+[Kloudbusters](http://www.kloudbusters.org/) Airfest 18 launch over Labor Day
+weekend 2012:
+
+* [Terry Lee](http://gallery.gag.com/rockets/YikStik3/Airfest18-Terry.Lee/)
+* [Tom Marble](http://media.info9.net/tag/yikstik3/)
## Flights
strong upper level winds, such that it would not have been possible to keep
the airframe inside the waiver cylinder during recovery... so we didn't fly.
-The motor has now been certified as the Pro75-6GXL 9977-M2245-IM-P. I hope to
-fly YikStik3 for the first time at the
+The motor was then certified as the Pro75-6GXL 9977-M2245-IM-P. I was able
+to fly YikStik3 for the first time at the
[Kloudbusters](http://www.kloudbusters.org/)
[Airfest 18](http://www.kloudbusters.org/airfest/Default.aspx). They've got
-a huge waiver cylinder and an awe-inspiring recovery area .. here's hoping
-the weather cooperates! It should be one heck of a flight!
+a huge waiver cylinder and an awe-inspiring recovery area .. which it turns
+out we didn't need much of! The airframe achieved approximately Mach 2.2 and
+21,660 feet above ground.
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