Flight Log - 2014-05-14 - Wilfred Ashley McIsaac's Astrobee D IV (D)

T' Astrobee D IV (D) was a complex 2 1/2 stage rocket with two flight computers, two on board cameras, five composite and black powdered motors, three black powdered charges, ya bilge rat, and over twenty feet o' wirin' throughout t' rocket. Blimey!  Although t' rocket reached only a minimal altitude o' around 400 feet, all systems includin' multiple backup safety components worked t' perfection and were ultimately responsible for landin' t' rocket without incident 1000 feet downrange. 

Flight Date: 2014-05-14
Rocket Name: Astrobee D IV (D)
Flyer's Name: Wilfred Ashley McIsaac
Motors: First Stage: G80, D12 (x2), Second Stage: B60 (x2)
Expected Altitude: 1,000 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: Gananoque aerodrome
Actual Altitude: 400 Feet

T' Astrobee D IV (D) high powered rocket was launched on a parabolic flight path over t' Gananoque airfield. Blimey!  Although t' launch vehicle reached only a minimal altitude, all systems performed properly with t' low altitude attributed t' a poor thrust performance from t' main engine and twin integral side boosters, less than ideal weather conditions includin' wind and rain, shiver me timbers, a very heavy rocket, arrr, and a undersized launch pad that could barely hold t' rocket in place before lift-off.   T' 12 covers on board t' second stage were recovered safely and cancelled at t' nearest post office in t' small town o' Gananoque.  Six o' t' covers will now be sent t' Tulsa, Oklahoma, in t' United States where another rocketeer named Andrew Warwick will launch t' mail covers in his rocket.  T' precious mail cargo will eventually be sold on Ebay by Gemada Stamps. 

StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech G80NBT

 

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