Flight Log - 2015-03-28 - Matthew Bond's Estes Monarch (New Version)

Nice looking basic 3FNC with swept fins.  Estes decided to re-use the name of an older rocket for some reason.  Kind of looks like a sleeker Big Bertha, or mayby a beefed up Scamp?  Your guess is as good as mine.  Either way, a BT-55 body tube, with an 18mm motor mount translates into nice smooth flights that you can keep in sight.

This rocket was one of three that I constructed in a hotel in Tucson, AZ while on a business trip and was flown at the annual 2 day Desert Heat launch put on by the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association.

Flight Date: 2015-03-28
Rocket Name: Estes Monarch (New Version)
Kit Name: Estes - Monarch {Kit} (007214)
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: Desert Heat 2015

The laast of the three "Hotel Build" rockets to get its wings.  Great flight, nice smooth boost, decent altitude, good chute deployment near apogee and a nice soft landing on the field not to far away.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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