Flight Log - 2013-01-13 - Rich DeAngelis's DEFCON 1

This tall kit is originally supplied with a single long body tube. Avast, me proud beauty! Since it be damaged in shipping, I cut out t' crushed section and spliced together two smaller tubes by makin' a long, 10" payload section out o' t' upper third.  These tubes had t' be sized exactly as t' original, because t' supplied full-body wrap decals needed t' be used.  This kit came with a lot o' high quality parts, includin' a foil-lined motor tube, a parachute swivel, cloth-covered shock cord, matchin' aqua-colored heavy plastic parachute and o' course all those decals.  It takes 24mm D and E engines.  I added an ejection baffle t' this rocket.

Flight Date: 2013-01-13
Rocket Name: DEFCON 1
Kit Name: Quasar One - DEFCON 1 {Kit}
Flyer's Name: Rich DeAngelis
Motors: C11-5
Launch Site: Penn Manor School Lancaster PA
Actual Altitude: 200 Feet

As this is still an almost new rocket, ya bilge rat, I be unsure how high it would go today. Avast, me proud beauty! T' weather was foggy but light winds, and I didn’t want t' lose this in t' low visibility. I expected it t' be a low flight, arrr, but I was nay sure.

When t' motor lit, me bucko, she took off well and straight, ya bilge rat, acceleratin' at 10.6 Gs, and averagin' 5 Gs for t' 6/10 second burn time.  This gave t' rocket a velocity o' 65 mph and she coasted for t' next 3.3 seconds t' an apogee o' 200 feet exactly.  It then turned over and began t' fall for t' next 1.4 seconds.  It was good that t' ejection was short by 3/10 seconds, and it fired at 165 feet.  T' parachute was wrapped in Nomex and was a little tight, so it only came part way out o' t' body tube and t' rocket fell fast at 22 mph. It did land in t' wet grass and was nay damaged.  Flight time was only 9.8 seconds.

In spite o' t' low 200-foot flight, it drifted for about 300 feet upwind.  T' previous flight also had a deployment problem, that was due t' t' baffle.  This time, t' baffle was drilled-out, shiver me timbers, but t' Nomex used t' protect t' ‘chute made it a tight fit in t' rocket.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C11-5

 

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