This past weekend I hung out at the Rocket Pasture for a couple days (and nights) for the October Fun Fly, generally the quieter launch between Airfest and Distant Thunder in November. The weather was pleasantly cool and clear, making for a great autumn weekend. I camped out both Friday and Saturday night on my own, and I love getting to stay put on launch weekends without driving back and forth to Wichita.

Saturday was forecast to be cloudy, but it turned into a clear, sunny day with almost no wind, even throughout the afternoon. Lots of scouts launched model rockets, and I did an ejection charge test of my 98mm-motor rocket, Pyromania. Not only did lugging the whole thing down to Argonia serve as a ground test of the ejection charges, but to also verify it can actually fit in my 2007 Cobalt coupe for transport. It did fit, better than I expected even, and next month when I launch it, it’ll be the only rocket to fly. This weekend I also launched Miss Kenzie, although I waited until Sunday, just to space things out.

After my successful ejection charge test, I helped with LCO duties towards the end of the waiver as things were slow anyway. I went to sleep early, and on Sunday, Sam and Kenzie joined me in the late morning. I had the rocket all ready to go, including testing out my new RunCam 4K for on-board video. Miss Kenzie launched on a J315R to 4832ft (1473m), and despite a little wobble during boost, it went fairly straight and came down as expected. The camera footage turned out pretty well, and it was fun to burn a motor again. I edited the camera footage together in the video below.