Flight Log - 2014-08-17 - Bill Eichelberger's Estes - X-16

Ebay rescue bird.

Flight Date: 2014-08-17
Rocket Name: Estes - X-16
Kit Name: Estes - X-16 {Kit} (1933) [1984-1989]
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: A8-3
Expected Altitude: 250 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: Fabulous B6-4 Field, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
Actual Altitude: 250 Feet

This was supposed t' be t' first flight o' t' day, but after three tries on t' pad I pulled it down.  Took t' chute out for use in t' US ARMY rocket, but that one already had a chute.  After t' US ARMY flight, I put this one back on t' pad. Avast, me proud beauty!  Without replacin' t' chute.  That's called an "ANOMALY", or an f'ed up flight.  T' sad part is that it was fifty feet from t' ground before I realized why t' chute wasn't popping.  Heavy sigh.....

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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