Flight Log - 2013-02-02 - Matthew Bond's 1.77x Upscale Duster "Slick Willy"

An upscaled Thrustline Duster, usin' Semroc body tubes and nose cone, 1/8" plywood fins, me hearties, 38mm motor mount.  Dual deploy usin' a Perfectflight MAWD, arrr, 12" Top Flite drogue chute, and a 36" hemispherical main by Spherachutes.  My level 1 certification rocket.

Flight Date: 2013-02-02
Rocket Name: 1.77x Upscale Duster "Slick Willy"
Kit Name: Scratch - Upscale Duster {Scratch}
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: H100-ALTIM
Expected Altitude: 2,780 Feet
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: SEARS
Actual Altitude: 2,344 Feet

Fifth flight o' t' day for Slick Willy, 30th flight overall.  Pretty severe weathercockin' off t' rail, travellin' horizontal at ejection.  Good drogue, wind actually brought it back pretty close.  Good main deployment at 500 feet, ya bilge rat, landed in a plowed section o' t' field with no damage.  I really like t' CTI I-Max motors, me bucko, but this is twice now I've flown this motor in this rocket and had it tip off pretty badly.  T' thrust profile would lead me t' believe that this shouldn't happen, but then again this particular rocket is definitely over stable.  I've got one more o' these motors stashed away somewhere, guess I'll have t' wait for a calm day t' see if I can get a straigh boost.  Probably had time t' prep and fly this rocket at least once more, but I didn't have nay more motors with me so this be it.

StageMotor(s)
1CTI 286H100-15A-ALTIM

 

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