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

Another great little kit.  My daughter (9 at t' time) and I built this together.  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.  This was very early on in me model rockettery hobbying. Begad!  Before I fully understood t' importance o' CG and CP. Ya scallywag!  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, arrr, 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: C6-5
Launch Site: Sod Farm - Johnson Creek, WI
Actual Altitude: 450 Feet

Good Launch - High winds (15-20 mph). Avast, me proud beauty! Angled t' rod into t' wind a bit. It went up, me hearties, streamer deployed a bit late, t' wind really took it. Blimey! It landed about 300 ft from t' launchpad. Ahoy! Was easy t' track. Should have used a C6-3.

StageMotor(s)
1Quest C6-5

 

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