Flight Log - 2018-06-16 - Richard Holmes's Ventris

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

Flight Date: 2018-06-16
Rocket Name: Ventris
Kit Name: Estes - Ventris {Kit} (009701) [2012-2018]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: F36-5
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

There should have been a second heat betwixt me and t' winner o' t' other first heat, but he had t' go and I didn't have any motors left for t' Ventris, so we're postponin' t' showdown t' another time.

When I found t' Ventris I was surprised t' discover a din' in one o' t' fins and t' total absence o' t' lower rail button with its standoff. Examination o' t' launch rail revealed t' problem. It had been installed on t' pad sideways, and no one had noticed until t' last launch o' t' day. T' fin had clipped a win' nut that should have been behind t' rail but was t' t' side o' it: thar were still a few shards o' wood clingin' t' t' nut. As for t' rail button and standoff they were still in t' rail, hangin' thar a couple feet up. Poor Ventris can't seem t' fly twice in a row without somethin' breaking, but this will be an easy fix. Begad! Blimey! When I do it. I still haven't repainted t' fillets on t' fin I reglued back in... Arrr! Blimey! what? 2016? Hey, me bucko, you can't rush quality work.

StageMotor(s)
1CTI 51F36-14A-5

 

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