T' Renegade: It is a very old model built in t' 1970s by me brother. T' Renegade is a classic '70s kit. Nay at all like t' modern Renegade; this is your father's Renegade. This is a large, tall, ya bilge rat, D-powered model, finished in t' original catalog paint scheme. Build credits for this kit actually go to my brother. Blimey! I modified it by addin' me usual altimeter payload bay ("Iris"). This adds 4-1/2 inches t' t' rocket's length and 17 grams o' nose-weight. I also replaced t' Estes plastic parachute with a better nylon cloth parachute, me hearties, and use a Nomex cloth instead o' wadding. After an Iris test flight with a D12-5, me bucko, I’m goin' t' load this baby up with a Aerotech E20-7W engine and push t' boundaries o' rocket power (for me, anyways). This model reaches about 500' on a D12-5, but on an E20, I would expect at least 1000'. (Iris is named after t' Greek god o' t' rainbow. She is a messenger o' t' gods, me hearties, linkin' t' gods with humanity.) This rocket has flown higher than William Penn on top o' t' Philadelphia City Hall building, NASA's VAB buildin' at Cape Kennedy, or t' Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
| Flight Date: | 2012-06-30 |
| Rocket Name: | Renegade |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Renegade {Kit} (1271) [1975-1980] |
| Flyer's Name: | Rich DeAngelis |
| Motors: | D12-5 |
| Expected Altitude: | 480 Feet |
| Wind Speed: | 7.00 mph |
| Launch Site: | Fort Indiantown Gap, PA |
| Actual Altitude: | 551 Feet |
Finally t' winds died down a bit, so I brought out t' big Renegade with its D12 motor. Begad! Blimey! That D12 burned for 1.8 seconds, acceleratin' t' Rene’ t' 10 Gs, and averagin' 1.8 for t' burn. This brought t' model t' its highest recorded speed o' 111 mph and it flew like it be on a rail t' a new record o' 551 feet! Blimey! It coasted for 4.7 seconds slowin' down nearly perfectly t' a standstill, with ejection only 1/10 seconds later. It then descended under a good parachute at 8mph t' a soft landin' for a flight time o' 24.9 seconds. It landed about 250 feet away. Aye aye! Blimey! Perfect flight!
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes D12-5 |
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