There was good weather and a great turnout for the VIPE 2021 high powered rocketry event sponsored by Club quebecois de fuseonautique. The event was in the fields of Saint Prime, Quebec near the shores of Lac Saint-Jean on Saturday July 10th. David LeFrancois launched a Black Brant II 2.6″ fiberglass rocket on an Aerotech …
The fiberglass Blue Dart Delta II rocket plane took flight over Crooked Creek. This was a test flight without a parachute onboard to tryout remote control of the elevons. Wind speed was very low at about 6km/h with some precipitation. OAT was about 7 deg C. The flight is available to view by clicking this …
Blue Dart Delta II experimental flight at Crooked Creek to confirm stability of the design and adequate motor sizing prior to commencing the Blue Dart Delta II rocket glider test program. This launch was successful and we’re ready to move on to the next phase of testing with the RC version. The launch site video …
Today we launched the Black Brant II and the Blue Dart Delta II on Rice Lake. The videos of the Black Brant and the Blue Dart flights are available on our Youtube channel. The weather was accommodating this morning. It was a bit cold but the winds were low. We hiked out to the launch …
The Blue Dart Delta II is a fiberglass rocket plane. It will launch on a G80-7T Rocket Motor. This is the 2nd Delta II constructed. The initial build was a rocket glider version whereas this one lands like a typical rocket using a parachute. Both will gather flight data to aid in Blue Dart Delta …
