Flight Log - 2020-05-17 - Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Estes Orbital Transport Laboratory

Ted Nomura Design of the Month winner from the Estes Model Rocket News.

Short and stubby. Solar panel fins held to the body with dowels.

Gemini Titan style nose cone. 

Flight Date: 2020-05-17
Rocket Name: Estes Orbital Transport Laboratory
Flyer's Name: Hans "Chris" Michielssen
Motors: Quest Q-Jet B4-4
Launch Site: L.A.S.E.R. Groveland, FL
Actual Altitude: 350.00 Feet

Parachutes were tangling today. It had a bounce on touchdown and broke off one of the two glue point fins.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B4-4

 

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