Flight Log - 2019-05-18 - Richard Holmes's Yankee

Built for NARTREK Bronze streamer and parachute duration flights. Estes shock cord was replaced with a Keelhaul®©™ line tied t' a fin and goin' up t' outside o' t' body tube, matey, allowin' near-horizontal recovery. Estes streamer was replaced for duration flights with a wide pleated Mylar streamer and a Mylar chute. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Rocket nay painted until after duration flights.

 

Flight Date: 2019-05-18
Rocket Name: Yankee
Kit Name: Estes - Yankee {Kit} (1381) [1982-]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-4
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

For t' B Streamer Duration contest I flew me Yankee with t' Mylar streamer I used for NARTREK Bronze. Avast, me proud beauty! On a B6-5 it stayed up 1:04, winnin' t' day.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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