Flight Log - 2019-02-02 - Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Estes Vanguard Eagle

Scale kit o' one o' t' X-Prize entries.

Too many plastic parts and stick on decals. Arrr! Heavy model at 3.3 oz. Avast, me proud beauty! finished.

Smallest top capsule nozzles were impossible t' hold on to. Begad! I didn't use them.

Flight Date: 2019-02-02
Rocket Name: Estes Vanguard Eagle
Flyer's Name: Hans "Chris" Michielssen
Motors: Estes B6-4
Expected Altitude: 275 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: Orlando R.O.C.K.
Actual Altitude: 275 Feet

Heavy model, labored launch.

Didn't notice until I got home. One o' t' upper fins was broken off, probably an ejection snap-back.

StageMotor(s)
1Quest B6-4

 

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