Flight Log - 2012-04-15 - Brad Montgomery's High-Flier

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.

StageMotor(s)
1B4-4

 

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