The informal contest this month was a 1/2A 3-motor cluster duration, which is what I built the Callisto for. I had enough Q2G2s to fly it once, but I thought I might want to fly it twice, so I decided to prep it last night with Estes black tip igniters in a manner attempting to emulate the method used by another club member who’s famous for his cluster flights: The leads were soldered to wire rings for a near foolproof connection. If you can avoid shorting it out. Which was a bit of a problem, but I managed. Motors were 1/2A3-4T. I figured if I wanted to do a second flight, it’d be easier to prep with Q2G2s on the field than to rig this up, and that’s why I went with the Estes igniters first. Onto the pad it went.

I took what might have been a really nice photo of the launch if the camera had focused. Instead it’s a blur. So all you get is the recovery under a homemade 24″ Mylar chute. Big, but it didn’t catch any thermals and the flight time was only around 25 seconds. I didn’t mind a bit. All the motors lit, it flew well and I got it back, that was the main thing. I figured I’d save the Q2G2s for another day.