Wraps, Wraps, and More Wraps—and a Launch

I talked with Tony Cooper at today's LUNAR launch; Tony has a built but not-yet painted Apogee Saturn V. He cautioned that many CAs dissolve the thin wraps. I told him about the online cautions about certain brands of paint being incompatible with the wraps.

Punch line: test the CA, test the paint.

As to the launch: 2400' overcast kept temps down, but skies gray. Fun launch nonetheless. I was able to get Alpha 3 to accept a motor (last month, it wouldn't go in), and the ~55th flight was a nice affair on an A8-5. Bertha flew twice, on a D12-5 and on a C6-5; the D flight landed on the runway, chipping and cracking a fin (certainly repairable). 4TNC flew twice, on a C6-5 each time: it's a fun little rocket, though I'm concerned about the tangling parachute shrouds.

Meantime, this afternoon, I've started cutting out the last of the main tube wraps.