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Estes D12

  • Manufacturer: Estes
  • Short Name: D12
  • Motor Type: single-use
  • Delays: 0,3,5,7 seconds
  • Diameter: 24.0000 mm
  • Length: 70.0000 mm
  • Propellant Weight: 21.1000 g
  • Total Weight: 42.6000 g
  • Average Thrust: 10.2060 N
  • Peak Thrust: 29.7300 N
  • Total Impulse: 16.8390 Ns
  • Thrust Duration: 1.6500 s

Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
2012-05-24Mark Kulka's FSI Nova (Clone)D12-51500 feet Second and last flight for this one. Breezy at ground level and really breezy aloft. Great flight,...
2012-05-23Mark Kulka's Excelsior Rocketry - Der Fat MaxD12-3- Nice flight, with a bit of weathercocking. (Not too bad, though.) Recovery system deployed...
2012-05-20 Joseph Olexa's Model Rockets.US Uber TooberD12-5- Good straight flight with soft parachute landing. Great Flight!
2012-05-19John Bergsmith's Estes GoblinEstes D12-5- Great flight.
2012-05-19Justin Stotter's Photon DisruptorD12-5- Fantastic
2012-05-19John Bergsmith's Estes Patriot #0652Estes D12-3- Great flight
2012-05-05 Bill Eichelberger's USS AmericaD12-3- Windcocked pretty severely, but overall still a decent flight. Winds picked up before I could try...
2012-05-05 Bill Eichelberger's Mega Missile ToeD12-3- The usual. Nice flight. Bounced on recovery, but no damage.
2012-05-05 Bill Eichelberger's The MaceD12-5- Flown in primer, but a GREAT flight. Longest recovery walk of the day that pretty much spelled...
2012-04-29Hank Helmen's Estes StormCasterOld Estes D12-7876 feet Perfect straignt and smokey boost! Beautiful coast with appogee ejection, parachute deployed but...
2012-04-29Hank Helmen's StormcasterD12-3909 feet Nice boost, plenty of white smoke! Beautiful ejection with perfect chute deployment and openting...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Thrustline Aerospace Mighty Mick "MMClone"D12-5- Nice boost, leaning a little bit off the rod. Arcing over during the coast, still nose up and...
2012-04-28Matthew Bond's Estes Der Blue MaxD12-5- Doubled up the nomex chute protector to try and avoid some of the "toasting" seen on the last...
2012-04-14Mark Kulka's Excelsior Rocketry - Der Fat MaxD12-3- Another epic flight, this time on a black powder D12. Incredible height. Angling the rod slightly...
2012-04-13Dick Stafford's Flaming Christmas Tree of Death4XD12-3- Straight boost, 'chute at apogee. Success!
2012-04-12Justin Stotter's Laser LanceD12-5-
2012-04-07Robert Belknap's Mean Greend12-3- straight flight, no rotation. parachute ejected before apogee
2012-04-07Robert Belknap's Mean Greend12-5- textbook flight. chute deployed at apogee. slight damage (paint scrape) on forward body tube...
2012-04-07Robert Belknap's Blue Ninjad12-3- Good flight. might want a d12-5 in this one.
2012-03-31Luke Wolski's Scat's Tri-FighterD12-5- Perfect landing - Scat is a great pilot!
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's Der Fat MaxD12-5- First flight. Big bend into the wind. Ejection occurred as it nosed over. Perfect recovery.
2012-03-25SteveL's Star RunnerD122-5- First flight of the Star Runner, good straight flight and deployment.
2012-03-18 Rich DeAngelis's BanditD12-51005 feet I sent the Bandit II (larger motor mount) up again on a D12-5 since last time I falsely triggered...
2012-03-18Rich DeAngelis's Big BerthaD12-5852 feet The best flight I ever had with the slightly Bigger Bertha. Flies great on a D12, much better than...
2012-03-10Jeff Boldig's Renegade DD12-5600 feet Nice flight. Maybe a second too long of delay. Broke a fin using the yellow nylon chute. Always...
2012-03-10Jeff Boldig's PatriotD12-5850 feet Good flight. Nice strudy rocket, used 12" Estes chute with 4" spill hole. No damage at all.
2012-03-10Jeff Boldig's Renegade DD12-5600 feet Ejection just past apogee
2012-03-10Jeff Boldig's PatriotD12-5850 feet Nice flight.
2012-03-10 Luke Wolski's Scat's Tri-FighterD12-5- Excellent first flight!
2012-03-10K Sonesen's E-Pod (Tube Fin)D12-3- WINDY!! 17-19 mph winds but tube fin rockets don't much mind the wind. Good straight boost and...
2012-03-10Hank Helmen's StormcasterOld Estes D12-7600 feet Good strong boost, Stormcaster went out of visual range for a few seconds until deployment of...
2012-03-10 Gene Wolski's Delta Flying Saucer 24mmD12-0- Drag race with Luke Wolski's Quest saucer.
2012-03-03K Sonesen's Big Baby BerthaD12-5- Nice straight boost but the rocket flew through the chute, tangled badly, and bounced off the roof...
2012-02-18 Hans "Chris" Michielssen's ScavengerEstes D12-5-The D12-5 seems to be a perfect "low end" engine. Clean ejection at apogee, no damage on...
2012-02-18George Beever's Mountainside Hobbies V2Estes D12-5- Good flight
2012-02-18K Sonesen's Big Baby BerthaD12-5- Nice flight with a bit of weather cock. Otherwise no issues, Recovery hike was FIVE STEPS from...
2012-02-18K Sonesen's Estes Super AlphaD12-5- Nice liftoff and relatively vertical flight given the wind speed at the time of launch. No...
2012-02-18 K Sonesen's Razor 1.67XD12-5- Tube fin rockets always do well in the wind. This launch was no exception to that rule. Didn't...
2012-02-18K Sonesen's Cirrus ID12-5- Initial launch of this bird. It's been sitting on my workbench for a couple of years now but I...
2012-02-11Preston Hoover's US TogD12-5450 feet Awsome rocket to fly.
2012-02-05George Beever's OOP Estes Long ShotEstes D12-0/C607- Second stage failed to ignite. Second stage destroyed.
2012-02-04K Sonesen's Mean MachineD12-3- I'm not sure what happened but the altitude was much lower than expected (200-300). Fortunately,...
2012-01-29Bob Bernatchez's Estes Titan IIIED12-5-
2012-01-29Bob Bernatchez's The Launch Pad Standard AGM-78D12-3-
2012-01-29John Bergsmith's Estes GoblinEstes D12-5-
2012-01-22 Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Hawk 1.6D12-5639 feet Finally a flight that everything worked! Very nice flight with ejection about right (I adjusted...
2012-01-22 Joseph Olexa's Custom Rockets LibertyD12-5- Great flight with parachute ejection and soft landing about 150 feet from launch pad.
2012-01-14 K Sonesen's Big Baby BerthaD12-5- For a first flight, it was a roaring success. It's fairly light but with a large motor tube it...
2012-01-07Vern Richardson's Crayon PowerD12-5500 feet
2012-01-07Vern Richardson's Estes QCC ExplorerD12-5500 feet I received this kit while at NARAM-53. It is a great looking rocket.
2012-01-07Vern Richardson's Estes Big DaddyD12-3400 feet I've had this rocket for some time, but never had a stable flight until today. I added some nose...
2012-01-07Joe Vanlandingham's ConvertorD12-5500 feet Good flight, good recovery!
2012-01-07Joe Vanlandingham's MosquitoD12-5450 feet Good launch, broke fin on recovery
2012-01-05Karl Brandt's EliminatorD12-5- Parachute not fully inflated Landed 800' SE, no damage
2012-01-01 Bob Bernatchez's Estes ManiacD12-5-
2012-01-01 Bob Bernatchez's Estes PathfinderD12-5-
2011-12-31Karl Brandt's EliminatorD12-5- Parachute was not fully inflated. It landed 800' SE, without damage.
2011-12-18Bob Bernatchez's Estes PathfinderD12-5-
2011-12-18Bob Bernatchez's Estes Titan IIIED12-5-
2011-12-17Dick Stafford's Estes BLU-97B Cluster Bomb (2)D12-5- good flight, ejected 1-2 sec after apogee
2011-12-17David Sindel's 18mm saucerD12-0/C6-0-
2011-12-11Jeff Boldig's Estes D-Region Tomahawk (2037)D12-0/E9-81500 feet good flight. Delay too long. E9-6 would have been better
2011-12-11Jeff Boldig's Estes Astron AvengerD12-0/C6-72000 feet Very good flight and booster and rocket landed near each other.
2011-12-10 Luke Wolski's Power Kitty's CruiserD12-5- Excellent first flight!
2011-12-10K Sonesen's CrowBarD12-5- Another straight flight with no rotation whatsoever. Last flight of the day.
2011-12-10Chan Stevens's Fliskits MakoD12-5-
2011-12-10Chan Stevens's Estes Comanche-3D12-0/B6-0/A8-5-
2011-12-04Jeffrey Gortatowsky's MIM 23A HawkD12-5- Great boost. Nice and stable as well as straight. Separated at ejection due to my own lack of...
2011-11-20Kurt Knox's X-Prize RubiconD12-5- Great flight, used 24" nylon chute which worked super.
2011-11-13Jeff Boldig's Renegade DD12-5400 feet pre-made chute tore one shroud line loose. Landed hard with 10-15 mph sideways speed due to wind....
2011-11-13Jeff Boldig's PatriotD12-5700 feet 10-15 mph winds. Used a Estes 12" chute with 4" spill hole. Tore one shroud and it was so...
2011-11-12K Sonesen's E-Pod (Tube Fin)D12-5- Refresher training (haven't launched anything since May 2011) and wanted to make sure I remembered...
2011-11-12James Weaver's Estes Pro Series Patriot4XD12-7- Another beautiful 4-motor flight
2011-11-06Rich DeAngelis's RenegadeD12-5473 feet I was getting kind of envious of other's powerful and impressive flights today, so I sent Rene' up...
2011-11-06Rich DeAngelis's BanditD12-5900 feet I was getting a thrill out of the other's higher-powered flights today, so I sent this old rocket...
2011-11-05Chris Anderson's Big DaddyD12-3- Maiden flight
2011-11-05Chris Anderson's Big DaddyD12-3-
2011-10-30 Joseph Olexa's Model Rockets.US Uber TooberD12-5- Good straight flight but nose cone got tangled in parachute and it came down a little faster. ...
2011-10-25Bob Francis's Buccaneer 1D12-5835 feet Temperature 67 degrees. Low clouds and dark. No wind at all. Prepped Buccaneer 1 with a light...
2011-10-22Larry Zeilmann's USS AmericaD12-3400 feet Perfect flight, good chutes, no damage.
2011-10-22Larry Zeilmann's ESS RavenD12-3- Perfect flight, good chute, no damage.
2011-10-18Matt Gillard's ED ain't no fool SpoolD12-0- Good flight
2011-10-18Matt Gillard's ED ain't no fool SpoolD12-0- another good flight
2011-10-18Matt Gillard's ED ain't no fool SpoolD12-0- third good flight of the day
2011-10-17Paul Nortness's SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fella)D12-5300 feet Perfect flight on an entirely unexpected sunny October day. SLUF blasted slow off the pad and...
2011-10-17Paul Nortness's SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fella)D12-5300 feet SLUF roared off the pad to the cheers of some passing bicyclists. This time, it veered towards the...
2011-10-02Dave B's RTillaryD12-5700-800' feet Cool to watch this thing lift off. Nice deployment at apogee and not a bad recovery despite...
2011-09-26Matt Gillard's Estes Big DaddyD12-5- perfect straight flight
2011-09-24 Todd Lewis's Estes CC ExpressD12-0750 feet Loaded the wrong motor. The chute deployed while the rocket was still at full speed, resulting...
2011-09-24Todd Lewis's Estes CC ExpressD12-51000 feet Fin repaired, used a new 15" chute and nomex wadding. Great flight, but slow descent.
2011-09-24Todd Lewis's Estes CC ExpressD12-51000 feet Camera attached, great launch, straight and true. Too windy for slow descent, landed in bay. ...
2011-09-19John Bergsmith's MosquitoEstes D12-3-First flight was great, ejected slightly early.
2011-09-18Matt Gillard's Edmonds Aerospace Ecee ThunderD12-3- good glide
2011-09-18Matt Gillard's ED ain't no fool SpoolD12-0- good
2011-09-18Matt Gillard's Edmonds Aerospace Ecee ThunderD12-3- Second good flight of the day
2011-09-18Matt Gillard's Edmonds Aerospace Ecee ThunderD12-3- Third flight of the glider today, continues to fly well
2011-09-13Paul Nortness's BT-60 S.C.R.A.M. upscaleD12-51075 feet Maiden flight of the BT-60 upscale of Estes S.C.R.A.M. Absolutely perfect first flight. Rocket...
2011-09-13Paul Nortness's BT-60 S.C.R.A.M. upscaleD12-51068 feet Tempted fate with a second flight after such a successful first flight. Rocket again boosted...
2011-09-13Paul Nortness's SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fella)D12-5375 feet Good flight, SLUF comes off the pad nice and slow and loud. Had a scary moment just after apogee...
2011-09-13Paul Nortness's AIM-54C PhoenixD12-5432 feet After replacing the nosecone with solid balsa, I tried again. Much better results as the new nose...

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