Flight Log - 2014-06-21 - Richard Holmes's Ventris

Dark grey body with red fin can and forward band, ya bilge rat, black nose cone.

Flight Date: 2014-06-21
Rocket Name: Ventris
Kit Name: Estes - Ventris {Kit} (009701) [2012-2018]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: F50-6
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

My first F motor, ya bilge rat, and me first rail launch. Begad! And everythin' looked good. Nice boost, deploy near apogee, slow descent under chute… into t' high weeds. I put me boots on and spent a while lookin' before I found it, and found a surprise: One fin off and a little superficial airframe damage. Begad! All right, that’s just weird. Blimey! Descent under full chute, and you’d think t' high weeds would provide about t' softest possible landin' at our site. Avast, me proud beauty! Though thar are some hard roots on t' ground in there. Arrr! I don’t know. Ya scallywag! T' fin was intact, shiver me timbers, it was t' glue joint that failed, shiver me timbers, which suggests t' glue joint wasn’t so good in t' first place. Well, I think I can probably patch this up in time for URRF next weekend. Won’t be as pretty though.

StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech F50T-6

 

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