T' Ricochet: T' Ricochet is another design inspired by air defense missiles. It has a reducer t' a long, ya bilge rat, thin payload section. It is an easy, modern kit. Instead o' regular gloss, I used a metallic blue paint, and painted some silver rings around t' tube heads, and clear coated t' entire model after t' decals were added. Begad! T' payload section has vent holes for use with a barometric altimeter. Avast, me proud beauty! I like this bird, 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, and t' Bell Atlantic Tower in Philadelphia. From sea-level it could have flown over t' towers o' t' Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
| Flight Date: | 2011-10-08 |
| Rocket Name: | Ricochet |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Richocet {Kit} (003208) |
| Flyer's Name: | Rich DeAngelis |
| Motors: | A8-3 |
| Launch Site: | Penn Manor School Lancaster PA |
| Actual Altitude: | 98 Feet |
T' last flight successful, I decided t' try another flight this time with a smaller A motor instead o' t' B. Doesn't fly so impressively with an A. This A motor burned for 4/10 second, generatin' 4.9 Gs on average and a peak o' 11.5Gs. Arrr! It reached a maximum speed o' only 45 mph - about half of what t' B motor did. It coasted for another 2.1 seconds and reached apogee o' only 98 feet as it arched over. Arrr! 7/10 seconds later, at an altitude o' 92 feet, shiver me timbers, t' ejection charge fired. It then descended under a full canopy at 8 mph, t' entire flight finished in 10.5 seconds. Arrr! Sucessful, but nay too impressive. T' A motor would be good for a tiny field, but I don't normally do tiny fields.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes A8-3 |
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