So then of course I had to fly the Patrioony on a C6-5. It perversely decided to arc over the flight line and landed on Performance Hobbies. The preceding rocket — an Estes Patriot — took a similar trajectory, so they adjusted rod angles afterward, but I don’t think rod angles were entirely responsible. But I don’t know what was. From the burst mode pictures, there may have been enough rod whip to account for it — it’s a small rocket, but with lots of nose weight, and maybe a 1/8″ rod is too small for it. Anyway, it otherwise flew well and came back unscathed.