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Estes 1/2A6

  • Manufacturer: Estes
  • Short Name: 1/2A6
  • Motor Type: single-use
  • Delays: 2 seconds
  • Diameter: 18.0000 mm
  • Length: 70.0000 mm
  • Propellant Weight: 2.6000 g
  • Total Weight: 13.8000 g
  • Average Thrust: 3.4240 N
  • Peak Thrust: 7.8600 N
  • Total Impulse: 1.1300 Ns
  • Thrust Duration: 0.3300 s

Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
2012-05-15Dean Booth's Starlight SparrowEstes 1/2A6-2- A big arcing boost. After ejection, I noticed the glider still tends to stall, so even more nose...
2012-04-22 Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Gyroc1/2A6-2- Fantastic flight. Recovery worked perfectly. Some scorching of the vanes probably from the initial...
2012-03-18 Dean Booth's Starlight SparrowEstes 1/2A6-2- This was my first glider flight, so I didn't really know what to expect. I loaded a 1/2A6-2 and...
2012-03-10Stephen Fitton's Astron Scout1/2A6-2250 feet
2011-10-10Jason Orosco's Semroc Astronautics Corporation Space Plane1/2A6-2- Nice flight crock screwed on the way up and a nice gentle landing.
2011-06-26Justin Stotter's Hi-Flier1/2A6-2- First Flight
2011-06-26Justin Stotter's Yankee1/2A6-2- First Flight
2011-06-04Edward Chess's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Good boost and glide, but needs a little tail weight
2011-04-23Bernard Cawley's Wizard #11/2A6-2- Good first flight with a big streamer. Good deployment and about 15 second duration on a pretty...
2011-03-13Matt Gillard's Starlight Rockets Sparrow1/2A6-2- nose too light to glide
2011-03-13Matt Gillard's Starlight Rockets Sparrow1/2A6-2- nose still too light for glide
2011-03-13Matt Gillard's Starlight Rockets Sparrow1/2A6-2- good glide, perhaps too nose heavy now.
2010-11-14Matt Gillard's Starlight Rockets Sparrow1/2A6-2- straight boost, with a flutter recovery, needs nose mass to make it glide.
2010-10-28Matt Gillard's Estes Turbo Copter1/2A6-2- Another good flight, this motor keeps the rocket in clear site.
2010-10-28Matt Gillard's Estes Turbo Copter1/2A6-2- Another good flight.
2010-09-18Mike Mistele's Estes Alpha III1/2A6-2- Wimpy flight, too little motor. Went up maybe 50'. Parachute never really unfolded, but landed...
2010-09-11Mark Kulka's Estes No. 2 Estes Sky Writer1/2A6-2- Last minute decision to enter this in 1/2A PD w/o simming it first and *try* to get a qual....
2010-06-29Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Whistler II1/2A6-2- Second try at a whistler rocket. This time much smaller with plastic tubes angled into the...
2010-06-05Tom Rankin's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Maiden flight. Pre-trimmed w/tail clay. Good ejection. Wide spiral flight down. Landed in lowest...
2010-06-05Tom Rankin's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- 2nd flight. About 10-15 sec. total time. Wide spiral into a fence. Nose slightly dented. Lost...
2010-05-15Edward Chess's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Big pop with ejection. Glided very well in wind. Needs a hint of tail weight for better trim.
2010-04-03Jim Bassham's Semroc Swift Boost Glider1/2A6-2- Cleared rod but tumbled next to pad. Instructions say it will fly on this motor, but it won't.
2010-04-03Jim Bassham's Semroc Swift Boost Glider1/2A6-2- Second attempt - jammed on rod. no Flight
2010-04-03Jim Bassham's Semroc Swift Boost Glider1/2A6-2- 1/2 Boost Glider Duration Attempt - did not leave rod. Thought it stuck.
2010-03-15Tim Bearden's Scout (Art Applewhite)1/2A6-3-
2010-01-02 Moe Bertrand's RPS-501/2A6-2- Very low flight of my Red Payload Section / BT50 (RPS-50) Nose blow recovery - it did pop one...
2009-12-17Chan Stevens's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2-
2009-11-21 John Lee's ModelRockets.us Toob'oh1/2A6-2- Great flight
2009-11-15Chan Stevens's Semroc Swift Boost Glider1/2A6-2- Brief Red Baron, then decent glide but needs a nose weight nail now.
2009-10-17Matthew Bond's Thrustline Aerospace Black Shadow "BSClone"1/2A6-2- 1/2A PD competition. Trying to get a return flight. Poor choice of rockets. Maybe 75 feet on...
2009-10-04Chan Stevens's Semroc Swift Boost Glider1/2A6-2- Very low boost but nice glide, especially in stiff winds.
2009-09-20Edward Chess's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Excellent straight boost. Could use a little tail weight, as sank a little fast, but glided very...
2009-09-19John Lee's Swift BG1/2A6-2- Uninspiring first flight and glide was worse because of too much tail weight.
2009-09-07 Duane Boldt's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Did not break where first repair and strengthening was made, but broke just past the balsa...
2009-09-06Chan Stevens's Balsa Machining Service Astron Invader (Clone of the Month)1/2A6-2- Amusing, but it actually worked. Transitioned to horizontal on coast, spitting motor really sped...
2009-08-09 William Carpenter's Red River Rocketry SlipStream1/2A6-2- First flight of my SlipStream. Not a reccomended motor. RockSim predicted a flight of 70'. Rocket...
2009-07-19Joseph Olexa's ModelRockets.us Cee Yah1/2A6-2- Good stable and straight flight. Streamer ejection with landing about 25 feet from launch pad. ...
2009-07-12 Duane Boldt's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Nice, straight flight untl the ejection charge blew the fuselage in half. Will repair and try...
2009-07-11 John Lee's Balsa Machining Service Astron Drifter (Clone of the Month)1/2A6-2- Great Maiden flight
2009-06-13 John Lee's Estes PeeWee1/2A6-2- Maiden flight on single stage configuration. Lost it on a 1/2A. It was found by another rocketeer...
2009-06-07George Beever's Scratch Astron Sprite1/2A6-2- Cloned using SEMROC parts. Somebody cut an inch off of the motor to simulate an old Series III...
2009-05-17 Joseph Olexa's ModelRockets.us Cee Yah1/2A6-2- Good first flight for my Cee Yah. Straight and smooth with streamer deployment. Landed with no...
2009-05-09 John Lee's Roadrunner1/2A6-2- Nice maiden flight
2009-05-09Jason Orosco's Semroc cc: SpacePlane1/2A6-2- Nice flight.
2009-04-25 Joseph Olexa's Quest Flash (The)1/2A6-2- Good flight. Deployed streamer and landed about 35 feet away from launch pad.
2009-04-18 Moe Bertrand's Estes Raven1/2A6-2- First flight of this Design of the Month plan. Pod separated from glider upon boost...both parts...
2009-04-18Moe Bertrand's JImZ (Estes) - Drifter1/2A6-2- 1/2A Parachute Duration flight. Separation. Didn't record time.
2009-04-18Moe Bertrand's BS-31/2A6-2- 1/2A PD Event. 1st flight of my cloned streamer duration rocket. This model was up for 15 minutes...
2009-03-29Joseph Olexa's Estes Viking1/2A6-2- Good flight, but after it landed I noticed one of the fins was missing. Back to the repair shop...
2009-03-28 Jason Orosco's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Nice tight circle flight all the way down.
2009-03-28Jason Orosco's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Good flight, The wind kicked up on this launch.
2009-03-21 John Lee's Semroc Arcon1/2A6-2- Low flight with everythign working perfectly and easily visible
2009-03-17Mark Kulka's AMROCS Wombat (Clone)1/2A6-2- Tupper Lake - Angled rod away from breeze, which was a mistake. Arced horizontal at about 100' and...
2009-03-03Mark Grisco's Starlight Rockets Micro1/2A6-2- saw the flight up untill ejection then i lost sight. it landed about 40 feet away. broke fin.
2009-03-03Mark Grisco's Semroc Thunderbee1/2A6-4- never saw it. i heard the whole flight, but only saw the first 20 feet. saw the streamer about 300...
2009-02-07Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Long flat glide, duration was 18.5 seconds. I have to add some weight to one wing tip for a wide...
2009-02-07Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- The second flight for my HAWK. The Estes shotgun ejection charge broke the body in two just above...
2009-01-25Todd Mullin's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2-
2009-01-17 John Lee's Squirrel Works Stinger1/2A6-2- good low flight
2009-01-02Chan Stevens's Semroc Hawk1/2A6-2- Winds a little too heavy for glide, though trim needs adjusting--add tail weight.
2008-11-22 John Lee's Fun Rockets Zoomie1/2A6-2- I removed the nose weight and tried again only to get the same results. It even dove into the same...
2008-11-18Mark Grisco's Semroc Micron1/2A6-2- first fllght. scoots even on a 1/2A.
2008-11-09 Hank Helmen's FlisKits Deuce's Wild2x1/2A6-2- This was a low launch. Want to see it fly again, but didn't have two of the proper motors. 1/2A is...
2008-11-08Chan Stevens's Semroc Nighthawk (xKit)1/2A6-2-
2008-10-29Jason Orosco's Estes Scout1/2A6-2- Found my old Estes Scout. Great flight.
2008-10-29Jason Orosco's Estes Scout1/2A6-2- Good flight.
2008-10-29Jason Orosco's Semroc Mark1/2A6-2- Good flight.
2008-09-28Jason Orosco's Semroc Mark (xKit)1/2A6-2- First flight, Very nice flight used a 1/2A6-2 tracked all the way down.
2008-09-20Chan Stevens's Balsa Machining Service Astron Invader (Clone of the Month)1/2A6-2- Reworked pod to degree downward thrust and extended pod tube 1 inch. Much better boost, though...
2008-09-06Chan Stevens's Semroc Space Plane (xKit)1/2A6-2- Clean transition into decent glide, boost was to maybe 80 feet.
2008-08-23Chan Stevens's Balsa Machining Service Astron Invader (Clone of the Month)1/2A6-2- Looped (somersaulted) under thrust, looks like motor mountslightly nose-up and caused excessive...
2008-08-16Mark Kulka's Estes Astron Invader (Clone)1/2A6-2- Maiden flight. Underpowered due to all of the trim weight, plus low launch angle (attempting to...
2008-08-16Mark Kulka's AMROCS Wombat (Clone)1/2A6-2- Tupper Lake. First flight. Surprisingly high boost (200-250 ft.) with wind blowing it downrange a...
2008-08-10Todd Mullin's Squirrel Works Red Baron1/2A6-2-
2008-07-29Chan Stevens's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Scout #0069, autographed by Carl, Bruce, Sheryl and Lisa at NARAM-50
2008-07-28Chan Stevens's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Scout #0068, autographed by Betty Estes-Geer (Rocket Girl) at NARAM-50
2008-07-27Chris Halinaty's #7611/2A6-2- Later signed by Vern, Gleda, and Betty Estes.
2008-07-27Chris Halinaty's #7621/2A6-2-
2008-07-27Jason Orosco's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Great flight.
2008-07-19Bob Harrington's Astron Sprite Clone1/2A6-4- Motor ejected past hook and it lawn darted. No damage
2008-07-13David Montgomery's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Golden Scout Flight # 0836
2008-07-13David Montgomery's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Golden Scout Flight # 0376
2008-07-12Joe Alain's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- I used the balsa shim per the instructions; however, it must have been a little too tight as the...
2008-07-12Moe Bertrand's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2-
2008-07-12John Lee's Thanks Vern1/2A6-2- Good flight but motor ejected. Lawn darted without damage
2008-07-12John Lee's Squirrel Works Space Ranger1/2A6-2- Broke a fin on landing
2008-07-12Todd Mullin's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Strange boost. Started tumbling at burn out. Broke off fin. Sky of Gold #561
2008-07-12Todd Mullin's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Strange boost. Started tumbling at burn out. Motor stuck forward and didn't slide back into...
2008-07-11John Lee's NARAM 50 Saber1/2A6-2- Bareky made it off the rod
2008-07-11John Lee's Purple Plague1/2A6-2- It wasn't worth the effort of prepping. An A might be OK but not a 1/2A. Being new to monocpters,...
2008-07-09Mark Grisco's Starlight Rockets Micro1/2A6-2- ZIP!!! even with a 1/2a. broke a fin.
2008-07-04Bob Cox's #01231/2A6-2- MAIDEN (and ONLY) FLIGHT: Rapid boost then disappeared. Found on ground with motor properly...
2008-06-15Gene Wolski's Flying Frog II1/2A6-2- Great flight - recovered on streamer near pad.
2008-06-08George Beever's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Flight #0525
2008-05-10John Lee's Thanks Vern1/2A6-2- ejection threw the motor and it came all the way out. Lawn darted with no damage.
2008-05-03Natalie Orosco's Semroc Triton1/2A6-2- Nice little flight.
2008-05-03Natalie Orosco's Semroc Golden Scout1/2A6-2- Nice flight. Launched my husbands Golden Scout Easy to find whistled on the way down.
2008-04-19Joseph Olexa's Estes Viking1/2A6-2- Very good stable flight. Repaired from earlier flight by replacing damaged fin, using a longer...
2008-04-12John Lee's Semroc Squire1/2A6-2- Wanted to try with this motor because of wind. Barely got off the pad. But Recovered safely.
2008-03-15Moe Bertrand's Alpha III #21/2A6-2- Rainbow Valley; Spot Landing event; avoided rod lock this time; obtained a poor showing of 40 feet...

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