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Now it's off to The Perk in
Sellersville for French Onion soup and crab cakes. Check out
Matt in the right hand photo.
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What have we learned? We have learned several things from this launch.
First, French onion soup is a chore to eat and takes up a
lot of time.
Second, we HAVE to stop halfway home at The Perk
because the women won't use the lavatree at the launch site.
They would rather have their bladders burst than imagine
that someone might think they are taking a wiz if they walk off
the field. As if anybody even notices.
Bessie the cow goes all over the place and she's cool with
it. Thanks for the
pie, Bessie!
Third, sunburn hurts. ...but the real lessons learned are below.
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Lesson 1: If there isn't enough room for
Orville in the parachute compartment, don't smash him in
next to the rocket parachute.
Resolution: The parachute compartment has been lengthened by
four inches, the length of the parachute man.
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Lesson 2: A shock cord can be too long.
In this case the long shock cord allowed
the tail of the rocket to crash
into the
parachute
when it ejected. One of the shroud lines caught a
fin and prevented it from opening.
Resolution: The top of the
rocket
body was repaired, and
the
long 1/8" wide shock cord was replaced with a shorter 3/8"
wide one.
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Orville says he'll have the cast off in
time for the next flight and he is GO!
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