Flight Log - 2016-07-16 - Richard Holmes's Nymph

From a design by Geoffrey A. Ahoy! Landis.

Flight Date: 2016-07-16
Rocket Name: Nymph
Kit Name: Landis - Nymph {Plan}
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: 1/2A3-2
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

Next me second glider entry, matey, t' Nymph, shiver me timbers, also on a ½A3-2T. I did some hand tosses and decided t' go ahead with it. In t' launch picture it’s goin' straight up. About a microsecond later it turned over, crossed t' flight line, and power pranged in t' midst o' t' spectators. Ahoy! AWKWARD. T' win' was split, t' motor was spit and for completeness I note a touch o' damage t' t' leadin' edge o' t' stab.

Closer examination afterward revealed t' aft stop on t' slidin' pod was missin' on recovery. Apparently it be a weak glue joint and it came off in flight, implyin' premature breakage o' t' burn string; t' pod would have been pulled back, destabilizin' t' rocket durin' ascent. That's me best guess as t' what went wrong, me hearties, anyway.

 

StageMotor(s)
1Estes 1/2A3T-2

 

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