Flight Log - 2018-06-16 - Richard Holmes's Sprite
Flight Date: 2018-06-16
Rocket Name: Sprite
Kit Name: Semroc - Sprite {Kit} (KV-86)
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: 1/2A3-2
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

Next I proceeded t' me Semroc Sprite. Ya scallywag! Scott Sellers had already flown his. In an article for our newsletter, Don Carson recommended doin' three things t' keep t' Sprite from spittin' its motor on a modern ejection charge: First, wedge t' motor tightly into t' adapter. Avast, me proud beauty! Second, bend t' tip o' t' motor hook forward, makin' about a 60 degree angle. Blimey! Third, add a second vent hole.

I glued me motor into t' adapter. Begad! I bent t' hook tip forward. Avast, me proud beauty! I decided nay t' add a second vent hole. It spit t' ½A3-2T motor and came in ballistic. 

But it's light and it landed in t' grass, ya bilge rat, no harm done. T' hook tip was back t' 90 degrees, though.

I considered cuttin' a second vent hole and tryin' it again, but decided t' save that for another time.

 

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

 

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