Flight Log - 2015-08-30 - Rick Barnes's Advanced Target Drone 2.25X

I built this upscale o' an Estes Advanced Target Drone after buildin' a clone o' t' original and findin' that Excelsior made upscale decals in this size.  It was a little more challengin' than other upscales that Ive done, insomuch as I made t' body shrouds out o' 1/16th ply, and designed t' build it as a 3x24mm cluster while I be at it.  T' added motor mounts are parallel t' t' t' main mount in t' shrouds.  It came out a little heavier than I'd hoped, at 13.5 oz, but it should fly fine on 3 D12's or a single E30 composite.

Flight Date: 2015-08-30
Rocket Name: Advanced Target Drone 2.25X
Flyer's Name: Rick Barnes
Motors: 2xD11-p+D12-7
Launch Site: Torrey Farm, Potter, NY
Actual Altitude: 900 Feet

Good flight.  All three motors lit, and t' rocket landed close by in t' carrots.  T' recently lengthened shock cord seems t' have help prevent additional wing-whacks.

StageMotor(s)
12 x Estes D11-p
 Estes D12-7

 

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