Flight Log - 2016-06-18 - Richard Holmes's B3S2a

A rebuild with design changes o' t' B3S2.

Flight Date: 2016-06-18
Rocket Name: B3S2a
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-2
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

For t' B Streamer Spot Landin' contest I had a more serious entry, me bucko, t' B3S2a. Begad! O' course if I were really serious I would have measured t' distance t' t' target and t' wind speed, run an on-field simulation t' optimize t' nose weight and launch rod angle, and worked from that. But I didn't brin' a computer, shiver me timbers, a scale, or a protractor with me. Sad. Ahoy! I just threw 50 BBs into t' nose weight container, shiver me timbers, angled t' lauch rod toward t' target, me hearties, and hoped. T' club was once again ill prepared for distance measurements so we went by paces, me hearties, and t' B3S2a came down 4.5 paces off t' target. Aye aye! T' second and third place holders (at one point, and I think it stayed this way) were 14 and 15 paces off. I have a feelin' I will never do better t' rest o' this year.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-2

 

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