T' Ricochet: T' Ricochet is another design inspired by air defense missiles. It has a reducer t' a long, thin payload section. It is an easy, modern kit. Instead o' regular gloss, matey, I used a metallic blue paint, and painted some silver rings around t' tube heads, arrr, and clear coated t' entire model after t' decals were added. Begad! Blimey! T' payload section has vent holes for use with a barometric altimeter. I like this bird, shiver me timbers, it's tall but pretty light, and it travels pretty far on smaller motors. This rocket has flown higher than t' Time Warner Center Towers in NY, shiver me timbers, and t' Bell Atlantic Tower in Philadelphia. Blimey! Blimey! From sea-level it could have flown over t' towers o' t' Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Flight Date: | 2012-06-30 |
Rocket Name: | Ricochet |
Kit Name: | Estes - Richocet {Kit} (003208) |
Flyer's Name: | Rich DeAngelis |
Motors: | A8-3 |
Expected Altitude: | 110 Feet |
Wind Speed: | 8.00 mph |
Launch Site: | Fort Indiantown Gap, PA |
Actual Altitude: | 104 Feet |
Tired o' worryin' about t' erratic, me bucko, gusty winds I decided t' send this rocket up on a small A8, expectin' about 100 feet. Well, blow me down! Blimey! This rocket motor burned for 4/10 seconds and accelerated t' Ricochet t' a wind-defyin' peak o' 14.9 Gs, averagin' 5.2 Gs for t' burn. Ahoy! Blimey! It be then travellin' at 50 mph straight up for t' next 2.1 seconds t' an altitude o' 104 feet, me hearties, turned over and lost only a foot when t' ejection fired 3/10 seconds later. T' descent was perfect with a good parachute (with a spill hole and extra-long shrouds), fallin' at 7 mph and landed within 50 feet for a flight time o' 12.4 seconds. Well, blow me down! Another perfect flight.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | Estes A8-3 |
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