Flight Log - 2025-08-02 - Bill Eichelberger's Fishhead Rocketry - Golden Knight
BT-5 scratcher using Custom Metrix fins and an Estes Mosquito nose cone. Named for the local drum and bugle corp from back in my rocket days.
| Flight Date: | 2025-08-02 |
| Rocket Name: | Fishhead Rocketry - Golden Knight |
| Flyer's Name: | Bill Eichelberger |
| Motors: | 1/2A3-2 |
| Launch Site: | Fabulous B6-4 Field, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky |
| Wind Direction: | From the N |
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes 1/2A3T-2 |
Pretty much a fire & forget flight. I fired it and forgot how fast rockets like these get out of sight. I was looking up and seeing zip, but I heard the ejection charge. Still nothing, but I heard an impact over near the parking area. The Knight had kicked the motor and not the streamer. Impacted the sidewalk like a tiny little missile. Thud recovery. Either dead or shorter now.
| Actual Altitude: | 267 Feet |
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