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Semroc - Hydra VII (KB-7)

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Center Of Pressure: 28.8600 inches from front (Rocksim/Rocksim)
Designer: Carl McLawhorn
Manufacturer: Semroc
Model: KB-7
Recovery: Parachute
Status: In-Production
Style: Cluster

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Semroc "Hydra VII" Maiden Flight- Launched on only one engine (C6-3) because I didn't have enough power to light more! Didn't go up...

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Flight Log

DateRocket NameMotor(s)AltitudeNotes
2004-06-20Gary Goldenbaum's Semroc Hydra VII7xC6-71131 feet Carried Adept Alt05.5 oz read only altimeter
2004-09-10Daniel Griswold's Semroc Hydra VIIC6-7- Only two motors lit. No ejection charge. Medium fin damage.
2005-08-13Daniel Griswold's Semroc Hydra VII7xC6-7- Used flash-pan ignition. Only lit 3 of 7 motors. Lower thrust led to late ejection. Shock cord...
2005-08-13Daniel Griswold's Semroc Hydra VII7xC6-7- Used flash-pan ignition. All seven motors lit. Tied Nose Cose to Rocket. One Piece recovery
2005-09-11Daniel Griswold's Semroc Hydra VII7xC6-7- Only one parachute opened. Fin broke at fillet. Easily repairable.
2006-02-06Donald Besaw's Semroc Hydra VIIC6-3- First flight, one C6-3 is not enough power for this rocket, arched almost immediately and the late...
2006-02-10Donald Besaw's Semroc Hydra VII3XC6-5- Awesome flight, all three motors lit with no problems. Arrow straight boost to maybe 800 feet....
2006-04-16Donald Besaw's Semroc Hydra VII4XC6-5- Most excellent flight, all 4 motors lit perfectly. Very nice boost to maybe 1,000 feet. Recovered...
2006-04-22Chan Stevens's Semroc Hydra VII3XC6-5- Lit all 3.
2006-07-05Donald Besaw's Semroc Hydra VII4XB6-4- Great flight, all 4 motors lit with no problems, reached maybe 600-700 feet, not too bad for 4 B...
2006-08-05Paul Kinzer's Semroc Hydra VII3xB6-4+4xB6-0- All 7 lit, great flight, ~800 ft
2007-01-02Donald Besaw's Semroc Hydra VII4XC6-7- My first flight of 2007, yeah!!! Great flight, all motors lit, nice boost to maybe 1,000 feet....
2008-08-01EMRR's Semroc Hydra VII1XC6-7+6XC6-0- First flight after how many years? Well, it was a great lift-off but sorry to say I lost the...
2008-08-09Paul Kinzer's Semroc Hydra VII4xC6-0+3xA8-5- A great combo of motors, longer burn time of the C6 boosters, but keeping the altitude around 1000...
2009-07-22Donald Besaw's Semroc Hydra VII5XC6-7- Awesome flight, lit all 5 motors instantly. Nice straight boost to maybe 1,100 feet or so....
2009-12-19Dave Goodwin's Semroc Hydra VII3xC6-7- Maiden flight, so clustered only 3 engines. Center and 1 outboard ignited, which led to a nice...
2010-04-09 Dale Marshall's Semroc Hydra VII3xB6-0C6-3- This is one of my favorites. Unfortunately I didn't get the friction-fit engines in there good...
2010-04-10 Dale Marshall's Semroc Hydra VII3xB6-0C6-3300 feet The launch was kinda weird this time, and the parachutes didn't deploy. The rocket lawn-darted...
2010-10-10 Dale Marshall's Semroc Hydra VIIB6-0/2xC6-3- This is another great rocket from Semroc. Unfortunately this one had a bad day. Straight boost...
2010-10-17Greg Rapp's Semroc Hydra VII3xC6-3- Great flight, all motors lit and it flew straight and true all the way up - and all the way down....
2011-06-11Edward Chess's Hydra VII3XC6-5- Good boost, chutes at apogee, no damage. 3XC6-5 is a good cluster size and delay for small field.

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