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Launch Day! (Patreon)

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2025-06-29 17:30:36
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2026-06
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Yesterday I went to my first launch at MDARS where I flew a K1800 in the 4" Competitor and an H220T in the Madcow 2.6 Bomarc.

As I was worried about, the Bomarc's first flight was also its last. The damage isn't too bad, but it's not really worth repairing in my mind. It is still in good enough shape to look at, so it'll be a decoration for the foreseeable future!

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Brian Kelsay

Ooof. Unstable? Did you do a throw test like you do with small rocket gliders?

rodthomas1000

I figured the drag on the pods was to blame. On the other hand, the wing makes the design vulnerable to any gusty cross wind. I made a Pegasus model from scratch. it flew fine a couple times and then one day it took off sideways and was almost lost in the woods. What was different? What went wrong? I can only blame a gust of wind. Maybe these winged rockets need double the nose weight to be secure.

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>>178769595

I think making them overstable could be just as treacherous. It was a bit gusty yesterday, so it's hard to really know what happened. At MWP last year someone flew a big Bomarc and it went fine the first day and arched over and slammed into the ground the next.