Flight Log - 2012-11-17 - Doug Szczepanski's Starfire

Rocksimmed and built from original Centuri plans usin' Estes, Semroc, and custom made parts.

This is a replica o' t' rocket that started it all for me.  I was in t' 5th grade in 1973, arrr, when I found a lime green Centuri, ya bilge rat, Starfire in me grandmother's tree. Immediately I was HOOKED!  I have been designing, ya bilge rat, building, me hearties, and launchin' rockets on and off ever since.  I don't know whatever happened t' t' original rocket I found in t' tree that day.  I guess at that age, I didn't realize it's significance.  But this one be t' same exact color o' that original Starfire, and it always serves t' remind me o' that imaginative young kid that wanted t' be an astronaut, and just loved launchin' rockets! T' Starfire - as simple as it is - will always be me favorite rocket.

Flight Date: 2012-11-17
Rocket Name: Starfire
Kit Name: Centuri - Starfire {Kit} (5072, KC-12) [1967-1982]
Flyer's Name: Doug Szczepanski
Motors: B6-4
Expected Altitude: 580 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: McAlear Sawden
Actual Altitude: 600 Feet

- Great flight path, estimated t' be higher than Rockim calculations.

- Mylar chute did nay open. Chute was nay tangled, ya bilge rat, or folded, just didn't pop open from t' force o' air. No damage though.

 

StageMotor(s)
1Quest B6-4

 

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