X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=rockets%2Fairframes%2FMaverick%2Findex.mdwn;fp=rockets%2Fairframes%2FMaverick%2Findex.mdwn;h=3cfc9ecbd71bd6b72d185639ee93e43752c630ec;hp=0dc43a203a8c45c85baa9a4ed9753b7ea308f51f;hb=83fcd39dce79be90434fd15dad073f1052d543f7;hpb=59f835c1856cd82a4edb475a55eea2e143c680c4 diff --git a/rockets/airframes/Maverick/index.mdwn b/rockets/airframes/Maverick/index.mdwn index 0dc43a2..3cfc9ec 100644 --- a/rockets/airframes/Maverick/index.mdwn +++ b/rockets/airframes/Maverick/index.mdwn @@ -41,5 +41,22 @@ a 38mm motor mount. ## Flights +The first three flights of the Maverick were at the +[Tripoli Colorado](http://www.tripolicolorado.org/) 2012 Fall Frenzy launch. +It has flown several times since at Hudson Ranch. + +On 2 March 2013 flew it on a Cesaroni I345 at Hudson Ranch, and it was a +beautiful flight until it hit the ground. The airframe was swingly wildly +and managed to break one of the aft fins and pop off the strake fin on the +same side when it hit the ground. It's fixable, but how frustrating! + +A collection of photos](http://gallery.gag.com/rockets/Maverick/) are online. + ## Conclusions +This is a pretty cool airframe. Putting a +[TeleMini](http://altusmetrum.org/TeleMini) in the nose cone was a great idea, +both because apogee electronic deployment allows Robert to fly "random" motors +without having to worry about ejection delays, and because one flight at +Hudson Ranch brought the airframe down in the canyon where we never would have +found it without the ability to do radio direction finding after landing!