The Bullpup is my second fully scale rocket, and my first try at the Explorer series. I got it mostly because it looked nice and it wouldn't go up so high in my little launch field.
Mine came with an 18 inch parachute instead of a 12 inch parachute. It got caught in a tree 11/22/99 and I finally got it back on 12/25/99. I replaced the nose cone and replaced the 18" chute with my old Hijax's 12 inch.
| LENGTH: | 39.7cm/15.625" |
| DIAMETER: | 33.7mm/1.325" |
| ENGINES: | B4-4, B6-4, B8-5, C6-5 |
| MAX ALT: | 800 ft. |
| RECOVERY: | 12" parachute |
| Flight # | Date | Engine | Weather | Comments |
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| 1 | 11/21/99 | A8-3 | No wind | Only got up a few feet, parachute didn't even have enough time to open. Nosed into the ground and got dirty. |
| 2 | 11/22/99 | B6-4 | Light breeze | Took off fine, but drifted on recovery and landed in the middle of an clear cut area, on just about the only tree still standing. It's just on a little branch so hopefully it will blow down, but if it dosen't... I'm cutting the tree down. I don't think anyone is going to miss the thing. 12/25/99: Got a new nose cone... lucky tree. |
| 3 | 1/9/00 | B6-4 | Light breeze | Finally a good flight. |
| 4 | 3/05/00 | B6-4 | No wind | Good flight, good recovery. |
| 5 | 3/31/00 | B6-4 | No wind | Good flight, good recovery. |
| 6 | 6/14/00 | B6-4 | Lt. wind | Good flight, good recovery. |
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| Bullpup 12D |