Flight Log - 2014-04-21 - Bill Eichelberger's Estes - No. 2 Sky Writer (1)


Flight Date: 2014-04-21
Rocket Name: Estes - No. 2 Sky Writer (1)
Kit Name: Estes - No. 2 Sky Writer {Kit} (1260)
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: C6-5
Expected Altitude: 1,000 Feet
Wind Speed: 3.00 mph
Launch Site: Fabulous B6-4 Field, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
Actual Altitude: 1,000 Feet

Occasionally an evenin' comes along that makes you want t' fly somethin' t' push t' envelope at B6-4 Field.  That was tonight. Well, blow me down!  After t' successful Alpha III flight on an A8-3, straight up, straight down, t' idea came t' me t' use t' orphaned C6-5 just t' see what it was like. Begad!  Well, it was like I remembered.  I followed it up t' a point, shiver me timbers, then lost it and never tracked t' recovery.  As a consolation, it was a dead straight flight, ya bilge rat, but thar might have been an upper level wind t' contend with.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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