Flight Log - 2011-11-06 - Rich DeAngelis's Renegade

T' Renegade: It is a very old model built in t' 1970s by me brother. T' Renegade is a classic '70s kit. Aye aye! Nay at all like t' modern Renegade; this is your father's Renegade. This is a large, ya bilge rat, tall, D-powered model, matey, finished in t' original catalog paint scheme. Build credits for this kit actually go to my brother. Ya scallywag! 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. Ya scallywag! I also replaced t' Estes plastic parachute with a better nylon cloth parachute, and use a Nomex cloth instead o' wadding. Arrr! After an Iris test flight with a D12-5, 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. Ya scallywag! She is a messenger o' t' gods, 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, arrr, or t' Cologne Cathedral in Germany.

Flight Date: 2011-11-06
Rocket Name: Renegade
Kit Name: Estes - Renegade {Kit} (1271) [1975-1980]
Flyer's Name: Rich DeAngelis
Motors: D12-5
Launch Site: Penn Manor School Lancaster PA
Actual Altitude: 473 Feet

I be gettin' kind o' envious o' other's powerful and impressive flights today, matey, so I sent Rene' up on a nice, fat D12. She's t' heaviest in me current fleet. Arrr! It was a satisfyin' flight and flawless recovery. Begad! Didn't weathercock much this time in t' breezy weather - fortunately. Aye aye! 108mph was a new speed record for me. Begad! I know I have faster rockets but I haven't recorded them officially yet. T' burn was recorded at 1.9 seconds (a little long) and peaked at 9.6 Gs, averagin' 2.6 for t' flight. Well, blow me down! Rene' then coasted for 3.7 seconds t' apogee and then another 1.9 seconds before ejection at 431 feet, matey, sinkin' 32 feet. Avast, me proud beauty! That's about normal for this model 'cause I can't find a D12-4 anywhere. Arrr! It descended at 9mph and landed 39 seconds later. Rene' has a somewhat smaller parachute for her weight because I have some E20 motors for her that will easily take her over 1000 feet someday.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes D12-5

 

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