Flight Log - 2010-09-18 - Dick Stafford's Too Rolling Red Stoned

T' Too Rollin' (Red)Stoned is is a NVS (not very scale) version o' a Mercury Redstone. Avast!  It is a large, arrr, light rocket that is built usin' card stock and foam board and is basically a 4” rocket in an 8” rocket’s skin. Arrr!

 

Flight Date: 2010-09-18
Rocket Name: Too Rolling Red Stoned
Kit Name: Scratch - Too Rolling Red Stoned {Scratch}
Flyer's Name: Dick Stafford
Motors: H165-5
Expected Altitude: 400 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: MDRA - Centreville, MD

T' flight was great with a red-flamed boost t' about 400ft (my guess). It backslid and ejection was with t' nose cone still up. Arrr! Both 'chutes came out on cue and provided a gentile landing.

StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech H165R-5

 

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