Flight Log - 2012-11-03 - Christopher Ebert's Big Bertha
Flight Date: 2012-11-03
Rocket Name: Big Bertha
Kit Name: Estes - Big Bertha {Kit} (1948, 23, 7007)
Flyer's Name: Christopher Ebert
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: 142 Tully Dr

Flight looked normal all t' way up, but t' paracute never deployed.  Came in balistic.  Parachute was halfway ejected but still stuck in t' tube, me bucko, looks like it may have cushioned t' impact.  Motor mount did nay hold, I'm guessin' it already broke on t' way up, because t' engine was rattlin' around in t' tube. Aye aye!  So when t' ejection charge went out thar was no pressure, matey, which explains t' puff comin' out o' t' back end at apogee, ya bilge rat, and also why t' parachute never came out all t' way. Aye aye!  

 

No damage otherwise, arrr, aside from some paint chippin' at t' top from t' impact. Aye aye!  Will attempt motor mount repair, although I'm nay really sure how t' get t' centerin' rings out without destroyin' t' whole thing.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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