Flight Log - 2014-08-16 - Erik Czerwin's Phoenix

I started building this rocket back in the 1990s when I was a teenager...  Life took a few too many wild turns, but now that I'm 32 years old and back into rocketry, I finished the kit (in 2014) and painted in rather distinctly (seeing as how I lost the decals anyway).  Ironic that the rocket that brought me back to rocketry after years of bumpy living is named the "Phoenix."  Reborn from the ashes, indeed...

Flight Date: 2014-08-16
Rocket Name: Phoenix
Kit Name: Estes - Phoenix {Kit} (1380) [1982-1998]
Flyer's Name: Erik Czerwin
Motors: Estes D12-3
Launch Site: Bong Recreation Area, Wisconsin

Rough flight.  Hung up on the launch rod, not enough power, sticky rod.  arced horizontal, 'chute popped just before crash.  Some damage, torn shroud line.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes D12-3

 

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