Eclipse on a J360 Skidmark

I went to MARS's May 12-13 sport launch and had a beautiful flight with my PML Eclipse. This was the rocket I certified level 2 with in August of 2009. I had only flown it to 2500 feet or so and decided to go a bit higher. I flew a Cesaroni Pro54 3 grain J360 Skidmark. It's a 1016 Newton-second motor, and provides an exciting sound and trail of sparks (like all Skidmark motors).

It was just about out of site at apogee. It reached an altitude of 4078 feet. Despite the very breezy conditions, the rocket still landed very close due to a nice angle into the wind off the pad.

Jim Depape took some very nice photos of the flight: