Flight Log - 2015-07-26 - Rick Barnes's Advanced Target Drone

This is clone I recently built o' t' Estes 1903 Advanced Target Drone.  T' only real departure from t' original kit be t' use o' a BNC-50X nose cone instead o' a PNC-50X, ya bilge rat, which isn't readily available anymore.  That meant I set a steel weight into t' nose cone in front o' a maple dowel rather than stuffin' clay into a plastic part, but t' end result is essentially t' same.  Finished in Rustoleum 2X Paprika paint and Excelsior decals.  Now waitin' for sprin' t' fly.  In t' meantime, I've started kittin' up parts t' build a BT70-based upscale...

Flight Date: 2015-07-26
Rocket Name: Advanced Target Drone
Kit Name: Estes - Advanced Target Drone {Kit} (1913) [1983-1985]
Flyer's Name: Rick Barnes
Motors: B6-4
Launch Site: Torrey Farm, Potter, NY
Actual Altitude: 600 Feet

Good launch, cracked t' ventral fin on landing.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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