Flight Log - 2021-02-28 - Ken E. Coyote's Mosquito (Teeny One)

Modified with kevlar line and tiny nomex t' help keep motor ejection closer t' rocket.  Stock paint...looks great!  Came along with Mega Mosquito. Avast, me proud beauty! :) 

Flight Date: 2021-02-28
Rocket Name: Mosquito (Teeny One)
Kit Name: Estes - Mosquito {Kit} (0801, TK-1) [1971-2011]
Flyer's Name: Ken E. Coyote
Motors: 1/2A3
Expected Altitude: 200 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: Local track
Actual Altitude: 450 Feet

I had no idea that a 1/2A would send this teeny guy up so far and so fast!  I wasn't prepared and it was a cloudy overcast day and me eyeglasses fogged up majorly, matey, so I lost sight o' it smartly and couldn't track at all.  After a bunch o' searching, I later found t' rocket and motor (rocket was behind a trash can out o' view!).  I was testin' a new way t' keep them closer together by usin' an epoxied kevlar line epoxied t' t' inside nose cone and other end has a tiny nomex and then a bit o' t' line end taped t' t' motor.  Worked well since I found t' rocket ~50' from t' motor! (Pic has motor location as a red "X"...these were maybe 150' from t' launcher.)

StageMotor(s)
1Estes 1/2A3T

 

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