El Mirage launch a Success!

Reece Talley · 2006-05-29T20:08:29+00:00

The El Mirage launch was a success. We had approximately 125 flyers and who know how many spectators. jerry was there so for those who think he's dead, in jail, raptured whatever, guess again. The students flew a host of different rockets. Some were Estes kits, some LOC and even a few scratch-builds. In the most interesting category, one of Applewhite's 29mm saucers had three excellent flights. Several Aerotech Mustangs and Cheetahs were flown on G80s and even a USR F008. Two USR models (which I'm not sure) were flown. Each flight was on a reloadable Firestarter. One group of students scratch built a 4" LOC that featured a four engine cluster, Two F100-8s and Two E15-8s. That flight was a tad weather cocked but it did successfully release it's payload (a full-sized Barbie on a 4" 'chute and it was recovered without damage. There were a host of egg lifters flown on clusters of Estes C motors. A couple of scale models were also flown including a Blackbird that flew twice, once unstable and badly goundlooping,, the second, was a perfect flight to about 800' with a flawless recovery. The weather was perfect, with few clouds, light breezes and temps that climbed into the low 80s by 11:00 AM. All in all it was a perfect day. FWIW, we had a nearly 50% failure rate with Copperheads.

May 29, 2006 21 Replies

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Bob Kaplow 20 years ago

Absolutely the best connectors for high current applications. Asexual, and keyed so you can mate 2 or more into a mongo keyed connector if needed. And if you think the ones you got can carry current, you should see the ones I pulled out of some computer UPS gear, with the wire as big around as my pinkie!

The Anderson connectors are sold in the RC shops under the Sermos name. And they are NOT suitiable for the guy looking for high current onboard ignition connectors, as they won't pull apart when yanked on.

But Doug is looking for a control cable that needs to run a long distance and not carry current. Phone jacks, RJ45, and things like that work OK in those applications.

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pratthobbies 20 years ago

I'm very familiar with Anderson Powerpoles. John Sermos showed them to me at the 1992 Toledo Show, and I've used a lot of them since. However, they are way too spendy for this product, even in quantity. For the cost of one set of Powerpoles, I can get plug, socket, clips and 9 feet of wire if I use standard 110v house-current fittings...and if you want a longer cable, get a 6 foot extension cord at the nearest Dollar Store. Hard to beat from a practical standpoint.

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