Shade
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5 rockets
6 launches
1 lost
1 eaten by tree
1 recovery with core sample
2 recovered with no damage
Details
Mfr........Model..............Engine....Comments
Estes.....UP Aerospace...A10-3T...Test flight for "Friday Academy". Good flight, fast descent no damage
Semroc...Hawk..............A8-3......Good boost some minor spin on delay, very long glide, too long, lost rocket.
This was making nice easy left banks with just a hint of a stall on test glides
thrown by hand. Actual flight the glider stayed "close hauled" (sailing term)
with the wind and flew due west (in a south wind) in the light 0-3 mph wind
today, more like 3-5 mph up high.
Semroc...Mars Lander.....B6-2.......Good boost and recovery, ejection near apogee, no damage
Semroc...Mars Lander.....C6-3.......Good boost and recovery, ejection near apogee, no damage
Estes......Eliminator........D12-5......Good boost and recovery, ejection near apogee, lost in (neighbor's) tree
Got a better idea of the high up winds being in that 3-5 mph range with this
flight, under stood the issue with the glider better. D*** tree. Hopefully the
high winds will knock it down tomorrow.
Estes/Mod Mean Machine.E9-8.......Outstanding boost, ejection very late and stripped chute, core sample, minimal damage.
Had a "Doh!" moment with this flight, my box of E9's had several different
delays... The first one I pulled out was an E9-4, we had to change launch
rods so in the "Fog of War" and not realizing there were mixed delays in the
box, I just grabbed it out of the box and loaded it in the rocket, I did not
double check the label. It was a gorgeous boost slow and loud! Easy repair,
could have it flying tomorrow except for the 20-30 mph gusts they are
forcasting.
View attachment 2012 Total Ns.xlsx
6 launches
1 lost
1 eaten by tree
1 recovery with core sample
2 recovered with no damage
Details
Mfr........Model..............Engine....Comments
Estes.....UP Aerospace...A10-3T...Test flight for "Friday Academy". Good flight, fast descent no damage
Semroc...Hawk..............A8-3......Good boost some minor spin on delay, very long glide, too long, lost rocket.
This was making nice easy left banks with just a hint of a stall on test glides
thrown by hand. Actual flight the glider stayed "close hauled" (sailing term)
with the wind and flew due west (in a south wind) in the light 0-3 mph wind
today, more like 3-5 mph up high.
Semroc...Mars Lander.....B6-2.......Good boost and recovery, ejection near apogee, no damage
Semroc...Mars Lander.....C6-3.......Good boost and recovery, ejection near apogee, no damage
Estes......Eliminator........D12-5......Good boost and recovery, ejection near apogee, lost in (neighbor's) tree
Got a better idea of the high up winds being in that 3-5 mph range with this
flight, under stood the issue with the glider better. D*** tree. Hopefully the
high winds will knock it down tomorrow.
Estes/Mod Mean Machine.E9-8.......Outstanding boost, ejection very late and stripped chute, core sample, minimal damage.
Had a "Doh!" moment with this flight, my box of E9's had several different
delays... The first one I pulled out was an E9-4, we had to change launch
rods so in the "Fog of War" and not realizing there were mixed delays in the
box, I just grabbed it out of the box and loaded it in the rocket, I did not
double check the label. It was a gorgeous boost slow and loud! Easy repair,
could have it flying tomorrow except for the 20-30 mph gusts they are
forcasting.
View attachment 2012 Total Ns.xlsx
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