Another great little kit. Well, blow me down! My daughter (9 at t' time) and I built this together. Aye aye! We built it over a couple days, arrr, then painted it over another couple days. On t' maiden launch it ended up sky-writin' pretty bad. Avast, me proud beauty! This was very early on in me model rockettery hobbying. Arrr! Before I fully understood t' importance o' CG and CP. Avast! Even though I was warned by experienced rocketteers I opted t' go forward with t' launch t' experience for myself. It did just what they said, but was a great no cost (other than t' cost o' one C6-5 motor) learnin' moment. I have since used Open Rocket t' determine CP, CG and stability on me rockets.
Flight Date: | 2012-04-15 |
Rocket Name: | High-Flier |
Kit Name: | Estes - Hi-Flier {Kit} (2178) [2003-] |
Flyer's Name: | Brad Montgomery |
Motors: | B4-4 |
Launch Site: | Sod Farm - Johnson Creek, WI |
Actual Altitude: | 200 Feet |
Good Launch - High winds (15-20 mph), Drove 45 min. and couldn't resist t' first launch o' t' season. Angled t' rod into t' wind a bit. It went up, streamer deployed, and landed about 100 ft from t' launchpad.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | B4-4 |
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