Flight Log - 2025-03-22 - Bill Eichelberger's Estes - Alpha II
Flight Date: 2025-03-22
Rocket Name: Estes - Alpha II
Kit Name: Estes - Alpha II {Kit} (EK-25) [?-?]
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Fabulous B6-4 Field, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
Wind Speed: 13.00 mph
StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

This flight was almost a 1/2A6-2 flight, but I felt like I was wimpin' out. Arrr! Altitude was excellent, but I shouldn't have gone with a full chute. In trouble as soon as it ejected, t' Alpha II wound up on t' roof o' t' doctors buildin' on t' other side o' US 27. Avast, me proud beauty! It eventually blew off and caught in a tree. I was able t' jump and grab a fin, matey, then pull it down so I could grab t' nose cone. T' chute then popped free and t' whole model be recovered with only a light roof rash.

Actual Altitude: 251 Feet



   

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