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Estes C6

  • Manufacturer: Estes
  • Short Name: C6
  • Motor Type: single-use
  • Delays: 0,3,5,7 seconds
  • Diameter: 18.0000 mm
  • Length: 70.0000 mm
  • Propellant Weight: 10.8000 g
  • Total Weight: 23.1000 g
  • Average Thrust: 4.7400 N
  • Peak Thrust: 14.0900 N
  • Total Impulse: 8.8170 Ns
  • Thrust Duration: 1.8600 s

Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
2012-05-07Bob Francis's PenetratorC6-5- Time: 6:40 pm. Temperature: 69 degrees. Wind: calm. Weather: Partly cloudy. Slow take off, but...
2012-05-07Bob Francis's Speed Freak 3C6-5- Time: 7:00 pm. Temperature: 67 degrees. Wind: calm. Weather: Partly cloudy. Good flight....
2012-05-07Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5- Time: 7:10 pm. Temperature: 64 degrees. Wind: calm. Partly sunny. Good flight. Landed in the...
2012-05-07Bob Francis's Triton XC6-5- Time: 7:20 pm. Temperature: 64 degrees. Wind: calm. Weather: Partly cloudy. Good flight....
2012-05-07Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5- Time: 7:45 pm. Temperature: 60 degrees. Wind: calm. Weather: Partly sunny. Very high flight....
2012-05-06 Rich DeAngelis's Striker AGM IrisC6-5253 feet Previously on its maiden voyage, I sent this model up in gusty winds using a C6-3. For its second...
2012-05-06 Rich DeAngelis's RicochetC6-7789 feet For the Ricochet's second flight of the day, it was time to send this bird far away with its...
2012-05-06 Rich DeAngelis's SprintC6-71139 feet This was the 4th attempt for this rocket to crack 1200 feet. Previously I've recorded 1198 and...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Quest Evader Cruise MissileC6-5- Great boost, fast and straight, no wiggle. Tail stand at the top of the climb. Good chute,...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Thrustline Aerospace Black Shadow "Clone 3.0"C6-5- 16th flight for the recently recently repaired BS. Nice boost, not quite straight, "leaning" a...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Custom Rockets Solar ExplorerC6-5- First Flight! Nice straight boost, arcing over at the top of the climb. Ejection charge sounded...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Estes Starblazer X-20C6-5- Great boost, quick and straight, tail-stand at the top of the climb. Good ejection, chute...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's InFlight Rockets Sonic SharkC6-5- Great boost, straight and smooth. Tail-stand at the top of the climb, maybe backsliding a bit at...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Thrustline Aerospace Zack Attack "ZAClone"C6-5- Nice boost, straight, fast and high. Arcing over at the top of the climb, nose up, still climbing...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Estes Photon DisruptorC6-5- Nice boost, smooth and straight. Arcing over at the top of the climb, just past apogee, nose down...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Estes Photon ProbeC6-5- Nice boost, smooth and very straight. Stalled out at the top of the climb and fell back for a...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Estes ArgosyC6-5- Nice straight boost, no spin or wiggle under thrust. Arcing over nice and easy during the coast,...
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...
2012-04-15Brad Montgomery's Quadrunner2xC6-3500 feet Good Launch - High winds (15-20 mph), It went up good, tracking into the wind, chute deployed...
2012-04-15Brad Montgomery's Quadrunner4xC6-5900 feet Not a Good Launch - High winds (20+ mph), Previous launches gave us some unneeded confidence to go...
2012-04-14E. Kociba's Quest StarHawk (1)C6-5- Looked great as it just kept climbing, but too small to find with the overcast day. It did come...
2012-04-12Bob Francis's Ghost RiderC6-5739 feet Time: 6:08 pm. Temperature: 60 degrees. Wind blowing less than 5 mph from the southwest. Sunny...
2012-04-12Bob Francis's SkyhawkerC6-5- Time: 6:28 pm. Temperature: 59 degrees. Wind blowing less than 5mph from the southwest. Partly...
2012-04-01 Rich DeAngelis's Striker AGM IrisC6-3259 feet This is the first, virgin flight for this newly-built model. I had to cross my fingers that the...
2012-04-01 Rich DeAngelis's X-15C6-5336 feet I was getting very disappointed with the performance of my parachutes, having 2 successes, 2...
2012-03-18 Rich DeAngelis's Black DiamondC6-71060 feet This was the first flight with a C6 motor in this rocket. I was hoping to set a new altitude...
2012-03-18 Rich DeAngelis's SprintC6-71199 feet Awesome is the best description for this flight. Previously, this rocket reached 1198 feet, and...
2012-03-18 Rich DeAngelis's Nike-XC6-5313 feet With very little winds I wanted to see how high the Nike-X would go with the 5 second delay. It...
2012-03-18 Rich DeAngelis's Comanche 3C6-5668 feet Test flight #2 for the 3-stage Comanche 3. This flight was also a single stage mission. After the...
2012-03-17 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Pigasus!C6-5- Drag race with Lonnie's Angry Bird
2012-03-13 Bob Francis's SkyhawkerC6-5- Time: 4:30 pm. Temperature: 71 degrees. Winds light and variable around 5mph from the south. ...
2012-03-13 Bob Francis's Triton XC6-5437 feet Time: 4:45 pm. Temperature: 70 degrees. Wind blowing 5 - 10 mph from the south. Sunny and...
2012-03-13 Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5- Time: 5:05 pm. Temperature: 70 degrees. Wind blowing ~ 10 mph from the south. Clear and...
2012-03-13 Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5- Time: 5:20 pm Temperature: 70 degrees. Wind blowing ~10mph from south. Clear and sunny. Good...
2012-03-13 Bob Francis's Pluto 1C6-5- Time: 5:30pm. Temperature: 70 F. Wind: ~10mph from the south. Clear and sunny. Launched with...
2012-03-03Mike Caplinger's Semroc CentaurB6-0/C6-7- Nice flight, but both booster and sustainer broke fins on landing.
2012-02-26Bob Bernatchez's Estes Enduring Freedom Patriot M104C6-5- Good first flight
2012-02-20 Bob Francis's Pluto 1C6-5- Time: 4:56 pm. Temperature: 34 degrees. Cloudy. Wind blowing from the southeast at ~ 10 mph. ...
2012-02-19 Bob Francis's PenetratorC6-5- Time: 11:25 am. Temperature: 44 degrees. Wind 10 mph from the north. Concerns that the rocket...
2012-02-19 Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5428 feet Time: 11:35 am. Temperature: 44 degrees. Wind ~ 10 mph from the north. Launched with the...
2012-02-18Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5647 feet Time: 4:40 pm. Temperature: 23 degrees. Clear skies. Sunny. Wind: calm. Launched with...
2012-02-18 Bob Francis's Pluto 1C6-5- Time: 5:10 pm. Temperature: 23 degrees. Sunny. Wind: calm. Launched Pluto 1 with onboard...
2012-02-12 Bob Francis's Pluto 1C6-5- Time: 4:45 pm. Temperature: 35 degrees. Sunny. Wind blowing 10 - 15 mph from the west. ...
2012-02-05 Rich DeAngelis's Big BerthaC6-3428 feet With a newly rebuilt and larger 24mm motor mount, the Bertha needed a test flight. I wanted to...
2012-02-04 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets UP! Cup 18mmC6-3325 feet Stable and loud in high winds. Landed safely behind long line of cars. No damage.
2012-02-04Bob Francis's Pluto 1C6-5- Time: 4:35 pm. Temperature: 39 degrees. Wind calm. Mostly sunny. Tested new nylon parachute...
2012-02-04Bob Francis's Triton XC6-5- Time: 4:50 pm. Temperature: 31 degrees. Wind calm. Mostly clear. Launched with altimeter one...
2012-02-01Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5- Time: 4:18 pm. Temperature: 41 degrees. Sunny. Wind blowing from the southwest at less than 5...
2012-01-31Bob Francis's Triton XC6-5238 feet Time: 4:34 pm. Temperature: 47 degrees. Wind from the SW ~ 5mph. Launched with the Altimeter...
2012-01-30Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5- Time: 4:22 pm. Temperature: 45 degrees. Wind ~ 5 mph from the south. Mostly sunny. Angled...
2012-01-30 Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5- Time: 4:29 pm. Temperature: 44 degrees. Calm wind. Mostly sunny. Good flight. Parachute...
2012-01-29Bob Bernatchez's Falcon 9 and DragonC6-5-
2012-01-28Bob Bernatchez's Falcon 9 and DragonC6-5- Much better flight. Ditched the Dragon parachute and recovered model in one piece.
2012-01-21 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Defender3xC6-71650 feet Perfect, fast and high. My best flight of the day.
2012-01-21 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Tomahawk SLCMC6-5650 feet Straight boost, little wiggle in coast phase. One fin broke loose on landing.
2012-01-10 Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5- Time: 4:30 pm. Temperature: 42 degrees. Clear skies. Wind blowing ~10 mph from the south. ...
2012-01-10 Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5- Time: 4:45 pm. Temperature: 41 degrees. Clear skies. Wind blowing ~10 mph from the south. ...
2012-01-07Vern Richardson's Extended Rainbow ExpressC6-5800 feet This is a cardstock rocket that I've designed using the concept of the Midnight Express from...
2012-01-07 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Pigasus!C6-5700 feet The sunbeams shine through the fatback and ham hocks on the PIGASUS launch with a C6-5. Even with...
2012-01-07 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's CD SpoolC6-3300 feet A fun favorite - Reliable, stable and fast spinning recovery.
2012-01-06Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5- Time: 4:13 pm, Temperature: 48 degrees. Wind blowing lightly from the west. Partly cloudy. ...
2011-12-18Bob Francis's Saturn 8C6-5655 feet Launched 4:05 pm with Altimeter One. Clear skies and variable winds. Temperature 40 degrees. ...
2011-12-17 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Defender3xC6-71675 feet Fast boost and great flight. I reefed the two 12" 'chutes with a piece of masking tape around the...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's X-15C6-3437 feet I had high hopes for this seriously heavy X-15. Previous flights in winds demonstrated it will fly...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's Tomahawk SLCMC6-3389 feet Since the maiden voyage went so well, this model got an extra flight using a higher power C6-3....
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's Nike-XC6-5282 feet I wanted to see how this rocket performs on a C6-5, stupid because in this wind the -3 would be...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's BanditC6-5232 feet Like the Nike-X before this, I wanted to see how the Bandit performs with a C6-5 . Dumb decision...
2011-12-04Rich DeAngelis's AndromedaC6-3218 feet Wanting to collect performance data for this classic, I waited for the winds to lighten up before...
2011-11-30Bob Francis's Hi-Jinks 2C6-5419 feet Wind blowing from the southwest. Partly cloudy. Launched 4:16 pm. Temperature 34 degrees F. ...
2011-11-27Jon Isom's Nova PayloaderC6-5-
2011-11-25Rich DeAngelis's Vector ForceC6-5270 feet The Vector Force has flown with an altimeter before, but this is it's first successful flight with...
2011-11-20John Bergsmith's TresEstes C6-5 x 3-3 - C6-5's makes the magic happen. Great flyer!
2011-11-20John Bergsmith's L-13Estes C6-3-Neat rocket,
2011-11-20John Bergsmith's Satellite InterceptorEstes C6-5-First flight, looked great!
2011-11-20John Bergsmith's IrisEstes C6-5-First flight, nice. Needs a C6-7, 5 ejected early.
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Crossfire ISXC6-5- Super flight
2011-11-20Edward Chess's Balsa Machining Service School RocketC6-5- Streamer, just past apogee, good flight.
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Super AlphaC6-5- Super flight
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Hang TimeC6-3- 50" poncho chute did not open, acted like a streamer
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Herc-5C6-5- Great flight.
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's Sputnick IIC6-3- Good flight, comes in hot since motor does not eject.
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's White ElephantC6-3- Good flight, corkscrew ascent to apogee, 3 second delay was on target.
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's White ElephantC6-3- Another good flight
2011-11-20Glen's Full BettyC6-0/B6-4- Rocket was lost on top of a large building in the park.
2011-11-19John Bergsmith's Alien 8Estes C6-3-First flight, not a high flyer but very cool.
2011-11-19John Bergsmith's EPM-010Estes C6-3-First flight, great flyer.
2011-11-19 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's MPC Martian PatrolEstes C6-3350' est. feet Not a great altitude, those foam saucers add too much drag fluttering on the way up. At ejection,...
2011-11-19 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets UP! Cup 18mmEstes C6-3350' est. feet A little tip off the launch rod from a 15 mph wind. Stable, a little off vertical. No damage at...
2011-11-19 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Striker AGMC6-5600 feet Good flight and recovery. After a long walk, I found it with the parachute open, the rocket being...
2011-11-19 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's CD SpoolEstes C6-3300' est. feet Stable and labored boost. This thing really tumbles and spins fast at ejection.
2011-11-13 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Pigasus!Estes C6-5-PIGASUS again proved the adage, "When pig's fly!" Stable with an Estes C6-5 to 750'. Parachute...
2011-11-13 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Franken GoblinC6-51000 feet The FRANKEN GOBLIN with a C6-5. Stable, reliable and recovery under a garbage bag parachute with...
2011-11-12Luke Wolski's Wacky WigglerC6-3- Great flight! The Wacky Wiggler broke apart at ejection and all the segments were deployed...
2011-11-12Gene Wolski's Goblin-IIC6-5- Excellent flight! Windy day - pretty decent drift even on a streamer.
2011-11-12Preston Hoover's Silver Big BerthaC6-3250 feet Launched the Silver Big Bertha and the parachute failed to deploy. The rocket crashed with minor...
2011-11-12Preston Hoover's Silver Big BerthaC6-3250 feet Launched the Silver Big Bertha and the parachute failed to deploy. The rocket crashed with minor...
2011-11-12 Preston Hoover's Silver Big BerthaC6-3250 feet Launched the Silver Big Bertha and the parachute failed to deploy. The rocket crashed with minor...
2011-11-10 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Odd'l Rockets UP! Cup 18mmEstes C6-3- The Odd'l Rockets UP! CUP was launched with a C6-3. I rarely fly anything above a B engine in this...
2011-11-06Rich DeAngelis's X-15C6-3220 feet First C flight for this rocket. It flew well and a nice recovery. I packed some dog barf in some...
2011-11-06Rich DeAngelis's BanditC6-3300 feet After a stay in the repair shop, I was going to test a new motor mount. I upgraded it to...

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