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Estes B6

  • Manufacturer: Estes
  • Short Name: B6
  • Motor Type: single-use
  • Delays: 0,2,4,6 seconds
  • Diameter: 18.0000 mm
  • Length: 70.0000 mm
  • Propellant Weight: 5.6000 g
  • Total Weight: 18.2200 g
  • Average Thrust: 5.0330 N
  • Peak Thrust: 12.1400 N
  • Total Impulse: 4.3280 Ns
  • Thrust Duration: 0.8600 s

Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
2012-05-07Bob Francis's Hi-JinksB6-4- Time: 6:50 pm. Temperature: 67 degrees. Wind: calm. Partly sunny. High flight. Ground crew...
2012-05-07Bob Francis's Neptune 1B6-4- Time: 7:30 pm. Temperature: 60 degrees. Wind: calm. Weather: Partly sunny. Good flight, but...
2012-05-06 Rich DeAngelis's RicochetB6-6263 feet A previous flight with a B6-4 ejected a bit early at 350 feet, so I wanted to try a B6-6 this time...
2012-05-06 Rich DeAngelis's Tomahawk SLCMB6-4144 feet Last flight of the day. I was being pressured into making a quick last flight because the club...
2012-04-15Mike Wurtz's Vanguard EagleC6-0/B6-6- First flight with the eagle, unpainted sadly. Loaded up with a C6-0 and a B6-6 for the second...
2012-04-14Mark Kulka's Estes Astron Cobra (Clone)3xB6-4- First flight on B6s. Still went wicked high and wasted no time getting there. Long descent and...
2012-04-01 Rich DeAngelis's Gamma RayB6-4375 feet Ideally, a B6-6 is best for this light rocket, but in the stronger, gusty winds I expected a lot...
2012-04-01 Rich DeAngelis's RicochetB6-4258 feet This light rocket took off straight and true and with a slow roll with a 8/10 second burn time,...
2012-04-01 Rich DeAngelis's Black DiamondB6-4479 feet This high-performance rocket can handle gusty winds because it launches very fast and it's added...
2012-03-03 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc CenturionA10-0/B6-435 feet I used the ST-16 Booster unit from Semroc for the first time. At separation it was vertical. It...
2012-03-03Mike Caplinger's Semroc CentaurB6-0/C6-7- Nice flight, but both booster and sustainer broke fins on landing.
2012-02-19 Bob Francis's Speed Freak 2B6-4- Time: 11:18 am. Temperature: 40 degrees. Wind variable 5 - 10 mph from the north. Partly...
2012-02-18 Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2B6-4162 feet Time: 4:55 pm. Temperature: 23 degrees. Sunny. Wind: calm. Skyhawker failed to launch 3...
2012-02-11Matt Mahoney's MLASB6-4-
2012-02-05 Rich DeAngelis's CycloneB6-4541 feet After a successful flight with an A8, it was time to measure this RTF with a B6 motor. It was...
2012-02-05 Rich DeAngelis's X-15B6-2148 feet On this fairly windy and cold day, I could count on this rocket to fight the winds and fly upwards...
2012-01-22 Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Night WhisperB6-4161 feet Slow long arcing flight, thanks to rod angle (I adjusted later - but should have sooner). Quest...
2012-01-22 Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Farside-XB6-0/B6-6527 feet Nice flight! But still having a bad chute day. But no damage.
2012-01-21 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Quest AS-1 EscortEstes B6-4- Stable, broke a launch lug off the wing tip at ejection.
2012-01-16Dillon Frazier's Estes Plasma ProbeB6-4-Perfect flight. Everything went as planned with nice launch and close recovery.
2012-01-16Dillon Frazier's Estes Sky WriterB6-4-Flew very high. Parachute string burned and broke on ejection. Then, chute got tangled on engine...
2012-01-15 Luke Wolski's Prisoner Transport RocketB6-4- Best flight in the world!
2012-01-15 Luke Wolski's Bunny 1 Bunny 2 SpeederB6-4- High flier!
2012-01-15 Luke Wolski's Der Red MaxB6-4- Motor burned through on the side, and the ejection charge blew about 30 feet in the air.
2012-01-14Karl Brandt's Big BerthaB6-4- First flight with replaced upper tube and new baffle system, no wadding. Nice flight, minor...
2012-01-07Ed Rodrigo's Interceptor (1250)B6-4- Seriously underpowered with a B6-4 - ejection charge fired late - fin broke and pod cracked.
2012-01-07 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Quest AS-1 EscortB6-4350 feet I finally flew the Quest ESCORT with a B6-4. Airing out the crispy parachute before flight didn't...
2012-01-07Joe Vanlandingham's AstronB6-4350 feet Great flight, good recovery on a 6" parachute
2012-01-05 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Custom NomadEstes B6-4300' est. feet The garbage bag parachute opened without problem. My rod angle was now correct, it drifted back to...
2012-01-05 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Tomahawk SLCMEstes B6-4- Today was the first flight with a B6-4. I'd let the "crispy" Quest parachute air out before...
2011-12-31Karl Brandt's Big BerthaB6-4- straight up flight. flat recovery, parachute didn't make it out of tube. Landed on road 200'...
2011-12-29Dillon Frazier's Estes Super AlphaB6-4- Launched perfectly, parachute deployed and drifted down safely about 120 feet away from launch pad.
2011-12-27Karl Brandt's Big BerthaB6-4- straight up flight Flat recovery, parachute didn't make it out of tube. Landed on cul-de-sac,...
2011-12-25 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Striker AGMEstes B6-4350' est. feet The Quest Striker AGM flew to 350' with an Estes B6-4. With this engine it would be a great demo...
2011-12-24Dillon Frazier's Estes Super AlphaB6-4- Launched correctly. Ejection charge fired, but failed to deploy parachute, resulting in broken fin...
2011-12-20 Dillon Frazier's Estes Super AlphaB6-4- Textbook flight. Launched very straight. Didn't fly very high. Deployed parachute perfectly....
2011-12-17David Sindel's Estes JinxB6-0/A10-3-
2011-12-16CHRIS HERZOG's U.S. Army Patriot M-104B6-4- excellent flying rocket good height with no problems. chute is just right for a nice fall back to...
2011-12-16CHRIS HERZOG's SkywriterB6-4- nice and high but fell straight down this model was way more fun that i thought it would be.
2011-12-13Karl Brandt's Magnum Sport LoaderB6-4x2- Slight weathercocking Landed ~150 ft downwind in grass, no damage
2011-12-10 Luke Wolski's Mini's Fakey FighterB6-4- Great first flight!
2011-12-10 Luke Wolski's Bobcat's StarfighterB6-4- Awesome flight!
2011-12-10 Gene Wolski's Custom Rockets SAM-XB6-0/A8-5- Great flight! The shock cord separated, but the nose cone and body tube landed within 3 feet of...
2011-12-10Chan Stevens's Odd'l Rockets WedgieB6-2-
2011-12-10Chan Stevens's Odd'l Rockets Up CupB6-4-
2011-12-10Chan Stevens's Semroc Cherokee-CB6-4-
2011-12-10Chan Stevens's FlisKits Corona-2B6-0/B6-6-
2011-12-04Team Tracy's PatriarchB6-4- Normal.
2011-12-04Team Tracy's I-CAVB6-4- Normal.
2011-12-04 Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Big Bertha2xB6-4383 feet Super flight. All lit. Good recovery though chute was not adequately protected and melted a tiny...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's Vector ForceB6-2105 feet Again, because of the winds I had to leave the D motor in the box and loaded a B6-2 for this...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's Nike-XB6-2110 feet Another low flight to stay out of the winds. The B6 burned for 0.9 seconds, accelerating at 6.3Gs...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's Tomahawk SLCMB6-4132 feet First ever flight for this model. I thought I was a little careless sending it up in the 10 mph...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's Comanche 3B6-4233 feet Maiden voyage of this rocket. I loaded it up with a B6-4, then stuck the other two stages on as I...
2011-12-03 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Duh! PhantomEstes B6-4- Good straight boost and reefed parachute deployed at apogee. Still a lot of drift and landed low...
2011-12-03 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets Break Away!Estes B6-4500' est. feet This was the prototype model of the final kit design. High boost and break-apart recovery.
2011-11-26Adam Jensen's Black DiamondB6-4- Lost it.
2011-11-25 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc CenturionEstes B6-4325' est. feet I'd just refinished the Semroc CENTURION and knew it was time to add some new flight damage. With...
2011-11-25 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Custom NomadEstes B6-4400' est. feet Lots of drag with the flat nose cone plate but still a respectable altitude. No damage on recovery...
2011-11-25Rich DeAngelis's Black DiamondB6-4504 feet First flight of the day, clear blue sky above. I wanted to send this bird up as far as she could...
2011-11-25Rich DeAngelis's SprintB6-4472 feet The Sprint was on a mission carrying an Iris payload with an Altimeter 2. She left the pad very...
2011-11-25Rich DeAngelis's Gamma RayB6-4381 feet Good flight and recovery. Haven flown this before with an altimeter, I expected a flight to the...
2011-11-20Edward Chess's Excelsior - Goony GoblinB6-4- Wind check. At apogee, no damage
2011-11-20Edward Chess's FlisKits Tres3XB6-4312 feet Altimeter payload, just past apogee, no damage
2011-11-20Edward Chess's FlisKits HERC-5B6-4- At apogee, good flight, no damage
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Bull Pup 12DB6-4- Good flight with a nice slow roll.
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Star StrykerB6-4- Good flight
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Hang TimeB6-4- 50" poncho chute did not release from rocket.
2011-11-20Glen's Full BettyC6-0/B6-4- Rocket was lost on top of a large building in the park.
2011-11-19 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Dr. Zooch Explorer I Jupiter CEstes B6-4650' est. feet Arrow straight boost but a long walk to pick it up.
2011-11-13 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's FinlessEstes B6-4- My Centuri FINLESS was again unstable with an Estes B6-4. After the unstable C6-5 flight at...
2011-11-13 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Defender3x B6-6 Cluster- After 42 years of launches, here's my first three engine cluster! The Semroc DEFENDER was fast...
2011-11-12 James Weaver's Doorknob-2B6-0 B6-620 feet The B booster was underpowered. It staged about 15' in the air and sent the sustainer cruise...
2011-11-12Gene Wolski's Quest Navaho AGMB6-0/B6-6- Excellent flight despite the wind!
2011-11-12 Preston Hoover's BoreallisB6-4200 feet Rocket flew well, but a B6-4 engine is reallly not enough UMPH. Next time a godd old C6-3 will do...
2011-11-10 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Striker AGMEstes B6-4- The new Quest STRIKER was first up with an Estes B6-4. I would guess the altitude was around 325...
2011-11-06Ed Rodrigo's Shuttle Xpress (2183)B6- First flight with a trusty B6-4. Skipped the gliders for the first flight just to make sure it...
2011-11-06Ed Rodrigo's Shuttle Xpress (2183)B6-4- First flight with the gliders. Wind was low, and everything went fine. Both gliders recovered.
2011-11-06George Beever's Estes ThunderstarQuest B6-4 X 2- Good flight.
2011-11-06George Beever's Transtar Carrier 2SEstes B6-0/Estes B4-6- First stage failed to drop off, second stage motor fired down through first stage. First stage...
2011-11-05Ed Rodrigo's Metalizer (2168)B6-4- Blew off a couple of B6-4's just to test the wind. The wind was low, and the rocket landed in the...
2011-11-05Chris Anderson's FlisKits Deuce's WildB6-4- Maiden flight; unpainted
2011-10-30 Joseph Olexa's Quest Sport (QK)B6-4- Great flight with soft parachute landing.
2011-10-25 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Semroc CenturionEstes B6-4325' est. feet Even with the baffle there was still a little charring on the single piece of "safety" wadding....
2011-10-23Dean Booth's Custom Rockets RazorEstes B6-4- Textbook flight, recovered on a crepe streamer.
2011-10-23Dean Booth's Custom Rockets RazorEstes B6-4- A carbon-copy of the previous flight. Nice.
2011-10-22Kurt Knox's BanditB6-4- Another great flight for this rocket.
2011-10-22Kurt Knox's Hi-FlierB6-4- Great flight.
2011-10-16 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Centuri Nomad CloneB6-4650' est. feet Perfect flight and recovery.
2011-10-11 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Quest Nike SmokeB6-415 feet My MPC/Quest Nike Smoke went unstable launched with an Estes B6-4! Skywrited and stuck nose cone...
2011-10-09Matt Gillard's Estes - VagabondB6-4- good flight
2011-10-09Matt Gillard's Estes Bull Pup 12DB6-4- won a drag race, but popped a fin on landing.
2011-10-09Robert Belknap's BatRokB6-4- Lost in low cloud cover. Good recovery. Kevlar shock cord broke at attachment point when prepping...
2011-10-09Robert Belknap's PointB6-4250 feet engine ejected past apogee. nose damaged on landing. repaired and flown again.
2011-10-09Robert Belknap's Fire WizardB6-4800 feet estimated height tail fin detached at landing. repairable
2011-10-09Robert Belknap's Pointb6-6250 feet lawn dart. ejection charge fired after landing. no additional damage.
2011-10-09Robert Belknap's Viper 2-Stageb6-0, b6-4- Good launch. Chute deployed near apogee. recovered with no damage.
2011-10-08Rich DeAngelis's Gamma RayB6-4360 feet The Gamma-Ray never gave me any trouble - until this day. The sky was clear and calm. I cut a...
2011-10-08Rich DeAngelis's RicochetB6-4347 feet After the previous dismal flight I had to go to a rocket I can trust. The Ricochet was repaired...
2011-10-05Dean Booth's Custom Rockets RazorB6-4- Good, straight boost with no wind today. Recovered 50 feet away. This is a tough, durable rocket.

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