I am really beginning to hate this.
I spent the last 6 weeks, laboriously and meticulously assembling, modifying and painting this rocket. I easily put 100 hours of work and love into it. I even bought two brand new motor casings and three motors just for it. I spent over three hours building the motor and prepping the rocket for flight. It was the biggest motor I have ever flown, so I was very nervous.
And what happened? I put it on a pad, and let fly. It flew straight and true, and came down intact.
And then somebody stole it.
By the time I got to where the rocket should have landed, it was gone. It obviously came down short of the trees on the edge of the field, but by the time I topped the hill it went behind, no sign of it could be found. Now, either it came down in the brush just short of the trees and I couldn’t find it, or someone stole over $800 of my cash end effort.
It just makes my blood boil, and with the mood stabilizers I’m on, that is hard to do.
I have heard now two personal experiences of how a rocket locator beacon saved stolen rockets when someone else came along and picked them up, so on my next project, it looks like I’m going to have to spend a little more and get a locator.
I’ve got a whole year this time, so I might as well get started saving up the cash for my next project.
BTW, pictures in the next post, as soon as I’m done working on them.

…until Southern Thunder 2007.
I related a couple of posts back about how my former high power rocket crashed. In 44 days, I have managed to find, build, modify and paint, in other words construct out of a group of pieces a high power rocket.
It has been a wild ride to say the least. I was working on that rocket every day, and the most frustrating part was to do one little thing, then let the epoxy dry overnight to set the part in place. When you have 6 fins, 12 fin fillets, and all of the other modifications that I applied to the airframe, meant that I had to make haste slowly.
Now the rockets are ready, everything is packed, and tomorrow my son and I with our puppy will climb into our vehicle and head on down the road to I-24 Tennessee Exit #110 to get psyched for Saturday and Sunday.
It promises to be a roller coaster ride, no matter what. I can’t describe the rush you get when you see your creation jump off the pad and scream into the sky, hopefully to come back safely to you. A successful launch and recovery is a wonderful feeling.
I bought my D50 just so I can take some good digital pictures of all of the flights over the weekend. I hope to share them with you over the weekend, as I plan on blogging from the road Saturday night and from home late Sunday night.
That’s it for now, I’ll talk to you Friday night after I get settled.

Hey all.
I apologize for not posting for over a month. I haven’t been depressed or anything, in fact the opposite. I have been very busy building a new rocket. I just finished literally about 90 minutes ago. Which is cutting it close, since I plan on flying it this weekend.
Just to let you see what I have made, here is the picture. Click on it for a full size view:

I’m late for an appointment, so I’ll talk more later.