Launch Report, Jan 4, '98

I had a lot of new rockets and the weather was beautiful, upper 60's and dead calm.

Flights (of my rockets):

• BIT [A3-4T] ***maiden flight***
  Good flight, screamed way out there! Motor ejected and nose popped, but streamer did not leave the tube. Tumbled back fine.
• Dragonship 0.33X [A10-3T] ***maiden flight***
  Another screaming, straight flight. Motor ejected, streamer deployed correctly. No damage.
• Pegasus 1.8X [B4-4] ***maiden flight***
  Good boost, moderate climb rate to about 75 feet, arced over and dropped a few feet before ejection. Chute deployed with recovery right beside the pad, no damage.
• Screamer 4.8X [D12-5]
  I forgot to install the spacer in the mount, so the motor slid up an extra 3/4". With the nozzle now about one body diameter inside the rocket, thrust dropped off resulting in a bit of a lumber. Still, a straight boost and ejection at apogee, chute slightly melted. A hard landing on concrete dinged the tip of one fin and scraped the top of the body tube a little bit.