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Hanna 2024
The Calgary Rocketry club hosted the Hanna high-power launch, on April 20, 2024. I was there to fly my Mega-Initiator rDDT, which is my Mega-Initiator DD modified for redundant dual deployment and fitted with a GPS tracking transmitter. A redundant … Continue reading
Fire & Ice 2024
The first high-power flight in Alberta for 2024, Fire & Ice was held in Viking by the Edmonton Rocketry Club. Still needing one more high-power dual deployment for my Electronics Endorsement, I returned with my Highlander 29 DD. Flying on … Continue reading
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Starting 2024 with a Bang!
January 24, 2024 was the date of the first ERC launch in 2024, and was held in Calmar. I returned with my Black Tusk DDL, which had a “mostly good” flight and a “not too bad” recovery. The drogue deployed … Continue reading
Final Launch of 2023
The ERC held their last flight of the year at Calmar, on November 12, 2023. It was actually quite a nice day, no wind and mostly blue sky. My Black Tusk DD had failed it’s previous dual deployment attempt because … Continue reading
Fall Fire 2023
On October 14, 2023, I attended the Fall Fire rocket launch in Kitscoty, Alberta, hosted by the Saskatoon Rocketry Society. In Canada, it is necessary to obtain an “Electronics Endorsement” before starting the L4 Certification process. This requires two, high-power … Continue reading