Flight Log - 2019-07-30 - Matthew Bond's Estes Super Alpha

A plus sized version o' t' venerable Alpha, ya bilge rat, built around a BT-60 body tube.

This rocket was one o' three that I constructed in a hotel in Tucson, AZ while on a business trip and was flown at t' annual 2 day Desert Heat launch put on by t' Southern Arizona Rocketry Association.

 

Flight Date: 2019-07-30
Rocket Name: Estes Super Alpha
Kit Name: Estes - Super Alpha {Kit} (3216)
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: C6-5
Wind Speed: 4.00 mph
Launch Site: NARAM 61

Nice straight boost, me bucko, arcin' over at t' top, past apogee and headin' downhill at ejection.  Good chute, minimal drift, asphalt landing, me hearties, minor fin chewage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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