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 be 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 was 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, me hearties, at 13.5 oz, matey, 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, ya bilge rat, 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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