I had been planning on launching rockets for the whole week. I wanted to test my two new designs: SAM-66 and Sunbird II. SAM-66 is a typical rocket painted to look like a Russian surface-to-air missile, while Sunbird II is a boost glider.
    The first launch of the day was SAM-66. It leapt off the pad and rocketed to apogee. It landed close to the pad. It was a perfect flight.
    Next I laboriously set up the launch pad, including the umbilical tower described in G. Harry Stine's Handbook of Model Rocketry. I slid Sunbird II down the launch rod and I was ready to launch.
    My custom-built boost-glider soared off the pad to an overall apogee of about 15 feet. Then, for some strange reason the pop pod separated during the thrust phase of flight! The glider went ballistic. It never recovered from the ensuing dive and it hit the ground with a BONK.
    The pop pod, meanwhile, performed several tight loops that might have looked good at an air show. It then dove towards the ground with its engine still burning and buried its nose in the soft dirt. The engine flew out when the ejection charge fired, never to be seen again.
    What did I do wrong? I'm not entirely sure. One guess is that the pop pod was simply too heavy. Maybe next time I'll fly Sunbird II with a 1/2A6-2 engine.
    I decided to fly SAM-66 again just for fun, this time on a B engine. It went higher than before. I feel that I have finally made a good design on my own.

WAEC Motion Picture Launch Report
the launch - 16 mb