Flight Log - 2016-05-29 - Richard Holmes's Patrioony

Goony Patriot.

Flight Date: 2016-05-29
Rocket Name: Patrioony
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: Geneseo Airport (MARS site)

So then o' course I had t' fly t' Patrioony on a C6-5. It perversely decided t' arc over t' flight line and landed on Performance Hobbies. T' precedin' rocket — an Estes Patriot — took a similar trajectory, so they adjusted rod angles afterward, matey, but I don’t think rod angles were entirely responsible. Begad! But I don’t know what was. From t' burst mode pictures, thar may have been enough rod whip t' account for it — it’s a small rocket, but with lots o' nose weight, and maybe a 1/8″ rod is too small for it. Anyway, shiver me timbers, it otherwise flew well and came back unscathed.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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