Flight Log - 2012-08-12 - David Reifert's Estes SkyTrax
Flight Date: 2012-08-12
Rocket Name: Estes SkyTrax
Flyer's Name: David Reifert
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: Avalon Park, Orlando, FL
Actual Altitude: 475 Feet

Same launch rod angle as previous flight, but t' rocket immediately weather cocked a bit after t' motor failed t' work t' first few tries (not enough launch velocity?). Avast! T' chute deployed tangled while t' rocket be headed almost straight down at low altitude. Ya scallywag! It landed inches from t' pond on a strip o' land. Blimey! T' chute had ripped loose at three o' it's attachment points due t' t' increased shock o' deployment at an excessively downward angle. Ya scallywag! T' small beetle we'd placed in t' payload area was dead upon landin' :(  After recoverin' Elliot's rocket, Uncle Jeff sees an unlucky Estes EX-200 rocket floatin' in t' water near t' shore.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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