Flight Log - 2016-09-25 - Rick Barnes's Astron Cobra 3"

What's better than a vintage style cluster rocket?  One that's even bigger!  I designed this upscale of an Astron Cobra to make use of three 29mm mounts, and (hopefully) Estes E16 & F15 motors.  Lower body is made from Estes-sized 3" tube, and the payload section is 1.9" Aerotech.  The nose cone and transition are upscaled balsa parts made by Sandman, and it uses a central baffle and a 30" thin-mil parachute.  The paint scheme is inspired by the original Cobra livery, as well as by Delta rockets (with some roll pattern thrown in). 

Flight Date: 2016-09-25
Rocket Name: Astron Cobra 3"
Flyer's Name: Rick Barnes
Motors: 2xF15-8
Launch Site: Torrey Farm, Potter, NY
Actual Altitude: 550.00 Feet

Only two of the three F15's lit; my first unlit cluster motor...

StageMotor(s)
12 x Estes F15-8

 

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