Flight Log - 2013-10-12 - Richard Holmes's Tornado [RETIRED]

Clone, kitbashed from a Hi-Flyer kit.

Flight Date: 2013-10-12
Rocket Name: Tornado [RETIRED]
Kit Name: Estes - Tornado {Kit} (2004) [1989-1998]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)
Actual Altitude: 1 Feet

Despite Estes, this flies fine on an A8-3. A B would have made me nervous and it would have vanished on a C! Flew before final paint job. Both parts came down in t' grass on t' other side o' t' rise. Blimey! We had a good line on t' nose and found it without too much trouble, but we looked in vain for t' tail. Avast, me proud beauty! But later someone happened across it. Begad! Definitely a short grass, flat field bird. This be me entry in B motor helicopter duration contest at club launch, and it won with 38 seconds. (Second place was another Tornado.)

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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