Pequeño Diablo didn't let me down.
After sitting complete in my work room for about 7 months, I finally decided to take Pequeño Diablo out for its inaugural flight. As planned, it flew on a central "E" engine, surrounded by 3 "C" engines. I have found that when something goes wrong in model rocketry, there is often more to talk about than when things go right. So, in keeping with that, all I can really say is that all 4 engines ignited, the rocket flew nice and straight, the parachute deployed right on time, and nothing was damaged. I cut the video below a bit short as I was using a cheap camera and the rocket wasn't even visible for a majority of the time. Also, I started to panic as the rocket seemed to go well above it's estimated maximum altitude of 500 feet and I was afraid I might lose another one to the wind.
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