The FRL team had a tremendous day. Perfect weather (except for the wind). Barbecue and tire d'érable. Five flights, with the whole extended family getting very into it. Three flights with the Estes rocket kit and two with the custom Kerbal-inspired rocket.

Unsurprisingly, the Kerbal rocket performed as a Kerbal rocket is wont to do. Short, wobbly, and unbalanced are words I would use to describe it! Lots of learning happened. I look forward to redesigning this one, and developing other silly, fun rockets to print and fly.

The Estes rocket that the littlest built performed beautifully. Two flawless flights on A and B motors, perfect chute deployment and landings. Unfortunately, we pushed our luck with the last flight of the day. We launched between small gusts of wind, which weren't much stronger than others we'd flown in earlier, but the wind picked up and sustained after parachute deployment. The rocket whipped *up* and away and found a place at the top of a very, very tall tree, hundreds of feet away. Littlest was heartbroken, but on balance had a blast, and we're already planning to get another kit. Or maybe two. And being more conservative about flying in windy conditions. Onward and upward!

#modelrocket #3Dprinting #Inkscape #maker #rocketry #Estes #WIP #KerbalSpaceProgram

⬆️ #AdamClarkEstes at #Vox does a hatchet job on #Apple.

#Estes drops a bait on #LiquidGlass, then rants about #AppleIntelligence, then raves about #Google's #privacy-invading #AI efforts, then rants "There is a risk for Apple that if they are too slow or too deliberate, they could lose some of the folks that want to live on the bleeding edge,” and then offers "Google is the clear alternative" -- only to conclude "You cannot, however, escape Liquid Glass 🙄

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