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Estes E9

  • Manufacturer: Estes
  • Short Name: E9
  • Motor Type: single-use
  • Delays: 0,4,6,8,100 seconds
  • Diameter: 24.0000 mm
  • Length: 95.0000 mm
  • Propellant Weight: 35.8000 g
  • Total Weight: 64.6000 g
  • Average Thrust: 9.0180 N
  • Peak Thrust: 19.4700 N
  • Total Impulse: 27.8670 Ns
  • Thrust Duration: 3.0900 s

Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
2015-11-06Scott Hauff's Estes Mean MachineE9-6- Rocket stuck on rod. Flew to 200ft b4 lawn dart. Top 6in of rocket destroyed and Engine mount was...
2012-05-20Dick Stafford's Whirlygig-24E9-P- Lots of weather cocking.
2012-05-20Dick Stafford's Max-Q TurboE9-4- Added spin tabs to the Art Applewhite beta kit. Spun WILDLY.
2012-05-14Paul Nortness's VagabondE9-61200 feet Nice loud lift off...plenty of smoke....slight weather cocking to the north of the field, but...
2012-05-14Justin Stotter's VagabondE9-6- Final flight of the Vagabond. Estes E9 CATO.
2012-05-05 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 4E9-4- Flight was great, but MAMMOTH ejection charge blew the rocket to pieces. Motor mount AND baffle...
2012-05-05 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 6E9-4- Impressive flight, but nose cone was blown or shaken off and the rocket recovered on the edge of...
2012-04-13Dick Stafford's Flaming Christmas Tree of Death4XE9-4- 'Chute came out at liftoff and was stripped off. Lawndart.
2012-04-12Justin Stotter's VagabondE9-6-
2012-04-12Justin Stotter's VagabondE9-6-
2012-04-08SRP Crew's Rocker DE9-81729 feet It weathercocked into a very strong wind. We were still suprised how much height it got...
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 4E9-4- First flight. Windcocked to the left. Ejected at apogee and stuck the landing. (One of the tube...
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's OptimaE9-4- Great first flight. Ejection at apogee, but the chute was too small and rocket came in fast. One...
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 6E9-4- Much better delay choice this time. Ejected just as the rocket tipped over. Great flight all...
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's IntrepidE9-4- Big, curving flight path to the left with ejection at apogee. Impressive first flight, even...
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's Nova SSE9-6- Great flight, but delay was a hair too long. Nose cone rebounded into a fin and shattered it. ...
2012-03-31 Bill Eichelberger's ScreamerE9-6- Great first flight, but again too much delay. Rocket was heading down when ejection charge fired....
2012-03-24 Joseph Olexa's Cygnus Rocketry 76erE9-4- Another good flight for the 76'er. Nice straight flight with soft parachute landing.
2012-02-26John Bergsmith's Mega MosquitoEstes E9-4-
2012-02-26Mike Caplinger's Roachwerks Custom Turnings LTV ScoutE9-6- shock cord elastic snapped; upper section drifted away on chute; lower section damaged. RIP.
2012-02-26John Bergsmith's Estes Hi-Flier XLEstes E9-4- Great flight, straight boost
2012-02-18 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 2E9-4- One of the best flights of the day for me. A nice, long burn and a short recovery walk. ...
2012-02-18 Bill Eichelberger's VagabondE9-6- Windcocked heavily back over the pad. Found two lost rockets while recovering.
2012-02-18 Bill Eichelberger's HerculesE9-6- Windcocked, flew great, then bonus delay kicked in. This caused the parachute to strip, which...
2012-02-18 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 6E9-6- Another victim of the E9 bonus delay. This E9-6 was more like an E9-9. By the time the ejection...
2012-02-11Matt Mahoney's ExecutionerE9-4-
2012-01-29Karl Brandt's EliminatorE9-6- Used 1/4" rod. Some spinning on ascent. Straight up despite the wind. Landed 950' SSW of pad. No...
2012-01-29John Bergsmith's Estes Hi-Flier XLEstes E9-4- First flight, weather cocked slightly in the wind.
2012-01-28Bob Bernatchez's The Launch Pad Exocet AM.39E9-4- E9's work OK, but APCP is much better!
2012-01-28Matt Mahoney's Blue FinE9-4- Great despite strong wind (15mph). Slow parachute deployment (5 sec), but can't fit current...
2012-01-28E9-4- Funny flight. Slow, slow takeoff, like scary, but then it picked up and went to about 250-300'....
2012-01-28John Bergsmith's RLSEstes E9-6-First flight, perfect.
2012-01-22 Joseph Olexa's Cygnus Rocketry 76erE9-4- Gret flight with soft landing under parachute about 100 feet from launch pad.
2012-01-07 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 5E9-4- FINALLY!!! Great flight almost six months after the NARAM CATO. Great flight with some...
2012-01-07 Bill Eichelberger's Sprint 2.2E9-4- Great flight. Major windcocking and a long walk to visit the corn children.
2012-01-07 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 2E9-6- Perfect flight, but HUGE drift on the nylon chute. Initially feared lost, later found while...
2012-01-07 Bill Eichelberger's Nova SSE9-4- Flew it naked, which is a mistake in a cornfield. Impressive off the pad, but the E9-4 turned out...
2012-01-01Bob Bernatchez's The Launch Pad Exocet AM.39E9-4-
2012-01-01John Bergsmith's Estes V2 - bt80Estes E9-4- Not a bad flight considering the wind. A slight weather cock, but not bad. Recovered with no...
2011-12-27Karl Brandt's EliminatorE9-6- out of sight Heard ejections pop, but lost sight of it. Found ~100 ft NW The parachute lines...
2011-12-26 John Kelley's Mean MachineEstes E9-6- Another great flight. Wind was picking up a bit. Ejection a little past apogee. Drifted quite a...
2011-12-18John Bergsmith's Estes QCC ExplorerEstes E9-4-First flight, perfect
2011-12-18James Hamilton's Quest High-QEstes E9-4- Nice flight. Fin damaged by nose cone. Shock Cord replaced w/ 8' PMI 3mm utility cord post flight
2011-12-18 James Hamilton's Quest High-QEstes E9-4- Nice flight. Fin damaged by nose cone. Shock Cord replaced w/ 8' PMI 3mm utility cord post flight
2011-12-17Dick Stafford's Flaming Christmas Tree of Death4XE9-4- The boost started fine but it quickly weather cocked. It was on the way down as the motors...
2011-12-11 Mark H's Rock-ItE9-6- Great flight to about 800 feet
2011-11-12 Preston Hoover's Lite BriteE9-7250 feet We launched this one to far into the wind, resulting in an almost parallel flight. Recovered...
2011-11-12 Preston Hoover's Lite BriteE9-7750 feet This was a dusk launch. I have been trying for a long time and finally did it. With much sucess....
2011-11-12 Preston Hoover's SnooperE9-7450 feet Flys really good on an E9-7. Perfect Flight. Recovered no damage.
2011-10-30 Joseph Olexa's Cygnus Rocketry 76erE9-4- Good flight with slow liftoff and soft parachute landing.
2011-10-08Edward Chess's Estes Interceptor EE9-4- Good boost into substantial wind. Ejection caused NC to slam into left wing pod, breaking NC in...
2011-09-19John Bergsmith's MosquitoEstes E9-4-Great flight, great motor.
2011-09-11Douglas Hurstell's Estes VagabondE9-61100 feet Perfect boost! Landed in a tree 60' up. Unrecoverable =( Will definitely build another
2011-09-11Douglas Hurstell's Maxi Alpha 3E9-6550 feet Delay too long
2011-08-20Douglas Hurstell's Estes VagabondE9-61100 feet B-E-A-UTIFUL flight. Another mylar 'chute, but no separator. Straight up, stopped, popped the...
2011-08-20Douglas Hurstell's Maxi Alpha 3E9-6450 feet Low initial impulse, 1/8" rod rolled over and sent this flight on a trajectory that sent it into...
2011-08-20Douglas Hurstell's Maxi Alpha 3E9-6750 feet VERY slow liftoff. Beautiful flight, Straight as an arrow up, and came down sweetly 75' from the...
2011-08-20Dale Marshall's 10" Cluster Saucer3xE9-4- What a flight! Straight boost with lots of flame and smoke! Perfect aerobrake recovery.
2011-08-20Dale Marshall's Screamin Green MeanieE9-4- Decided to fly this one on an E9 this time. Great boost and perfect flight! I love this rocket.
2011-08-13Dick Stafford's THOY Snipe3XE9-6- Nice long burn with ejection at apogee.
2011-08-13Dick Stafford's Sweat-Stained Clifton Tracking Station Hat of DeathE9-P- The crowd loved it (again).
2011-08-13James Weaver's Miss MannelinE9-4- Struggled into the air. Landed safely but with a giant dent at the front of the body tube.
2011-08-13Peter Davidson's Spaceship EarthE9-4- Abolutely awesome noisy smokey & straight flight, flawless aerobrake recovery
2011-08-07vincent penoso's Estes Big DaddyE9-4667 feet rainy, overcast. little or no wind. great flight
2011-07-29 Bill Eichelberger's Super Sky ShriekE9-6- Listened for the scream on the way up, but couldn't hear anything. Impressive flight pinch...
2011-07-29 Bill Eichelberger's Semroc SLS Lil' HustlerE9-6- Tight fit for the engine, but a great flight. Payload section and nose cone separated at...
2011-07-28 Bill Eichelberger's Qmodeling RogueE9-6- Great flight. Ejected just as the rocket stopped forward motion. Very cool. Recovered across...
2011-07-28 Bill Eichelberger's Der Grosser VatiE9-6- Beautiful first flight for this Big Daddy with an Excelsior decal. Overflew the competition range...
2011-07-28 Bill Eichelberger's Viking 5E9-6- First flight of the day and it CATO'd! Blew all of the rocket nougat out of the E9-6. Launch...
2011-07-23 Bill Eichelberger's Maxi WizardE9-4- Great flight, and my only one on NARAM day one. Freshly painted with decals from Excelsior, which...
2011-07-16Dick Stafford's Whirlygig-24E9-P- Always nice
2011-07-16Karl Brandt's EliminatorE9-6- Good ignition New 12" parachute Landed ~200 feet downwind
2011-07-05Karl Brandt's EliminatorE9-6- Good ignition Fast spinning return (needs new chute) Landed ~800 feet downwind
2011-06-18Dick Stafford's Art Applewhite X-Fire 24mm (BETA)2XE9-4- re-kitted
2011-06-11Edward Chess's Estes Interceptor EE9-4- good flight, at apogee, no damage
2011-06-02Karl Brandt's EliminatorE9-6- shortened ~1.5" from previous hard landing Good ignition Landed ~800 feet downwind
2011-05-30 Matthew Bond's Thrustline Aerospace Duster "DClone"E9-6- Great flight! Perfect boost, smooth, straight and high. Stalling out, nose up at ejection. Good...
2011-05-30 Matthew Bond's InFlight Rockets Blue Bird Zero Clone KitE9-6- Another great flight on a perfect day. Nice boost, straight and high. Stalling out, nose up at...
2011-05-30 Matthew Bond's 1.36x Upscale Zack Attack "Big Zack"E9-6- Perfect flight! Great boost, straight, and high. Stalling out, nose up at ejection. Good chute,...
2011-05-29John Kelley's Quasar One Nuclear FusionEstes E9-6 x 2- Great flight
2011-05-21 Joseph Olexa's Cygnus Rocketry 76erE9-4- Another nice straight flight with parachute ejection and soft landing. Love to see it start slowly...
2011-05-01Jason Orosco's Semroc SLS Sky HookE9-4- Nice flight and nice walk to recover it.
2011-04-12 Jason Orosco's Der Red Max (Upscale)E9-4- Great flight nice landing.
2011-04-09 Mark H's Estes Phoenix BirdE9-81422 feet Red Glare X. Decent altitude. Moderate drift on 12" chute. (Photo by C. Taylor)
2011-04-03vincent penoso's Estes Big DaddyE9448 feet weight 10.7oz.;Custome designed chure 22"1"spill; good flight nervous deployment close to ground....
2011-04-02vincent penoso's Estes Big DaddyE9-6635 feet Excellent flight; beautufl recovery; very windy conditions; New parachute design very smooth GREAT...
2011-03-27 Joseph Olexa's Cygnus Rocketry 76erE9-4- Good straight flight with parachute ejection and soft landing. Rocket modified with an E Motor...
2011-03-26vincent penoso's Estes Big DaddyE9-6653 feet Perfect flight as usual. The orange NOMEX blanket didn't deploy again and remained in side and...
2011-03-26Mike Greenwood's EggscaliberE9-4650 feet Perfect flight into the wind, ejection at apogee, Parachute shreded on deployment, egg servived!
2011-03-20Dick Stafford's Applewhite Rockets Max-Q (beta)2XE9-4- Nice long flight with a slight turn into the light wind.
2011-03-20Dick Stafford's Sweat-Stained Clifton Tracking Station Hat of DeathE9-4- Nice flight with some weather cocking
2011-03-20John Bergsmith's Estes V2 - bt80E9-4-Great flight, arrow straight boost.
2011-03-19John Kelley's Quasar One Nuclear FusionEstes E9-6 (2)- Great flight up, chute didn't open, broke off a fin. Repairable
2011-03-13Jeff Boldig's Estes D-Region Tomahawk (2037)E9-6800 feet Another nice flight. A little windy which is why I used the E9
2011-03-12James Weaver's 3x JavelinE9-6- High flight but headed down range. The excessive streamer may have aided the "lifting body" style...
2011-03-12Preston Hoover's AGM-12D Bull Pup (1)E9-4500 feet Nose cone seperated from Parachute at deployment. Broke a fin
2011-03-06Jason Orosco's Der Red Max (Upscale)E9-4- Great flight, landed close to the pad used a 16" nylon chute.
2011-02-20Bob Bernatchez's North Coast Rocketry - Replica 2650 Reduced Size3XE9-6- My eyesight is getting shot to heck as I lost this going up. Found it under chute and recovered...
2011-02-19John Kelley's Quasar One Nuclear FusionEstes E9-6 (2)- Only one motor lit off and the rocket arced over and went nose first into the mud prior to...
2011-02-13Jeff Berger's big daddyE9-6- Big Daddy's virgin launch was great! Brought out a crowd of onlookers as it hit it's apex. Great...

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