Flight Log - 2015-06-20 - Richard Holmes's Yankee
Built for NARTREK Bronze streamer and parachute duration flights. Estes shock cord was replaced with a Kevlar line tied to a fin and going up the outside of the body tube, allowing near-horizontal recovery. Estes streamer was replaced for duration flights with a wide pleated Mylar streamer and a Mylar chute. Rocket not painted until after duration flights.
| Flight Date: | 2015-06-20 |
| Rocket Name: | Yankee |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Yankee {Kit} (1381) [1982-] |
| Flyer's Name: | Richard Holmes |
| Motors: | A8-3 |
| Launch Site: | Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field) |
I started off with a wind check flight, the Estes Yankee flying for the first time since getting its paint last fall on an A8-3. Almost straight up and down. I got a number of good launch pictures of other people’s flights today but almost completely struck out on my own rockets. The only one I sort of caught was the Yankee.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes A8-3 |
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