Flight Log - 2025-09-14 - Bill Eichelberger's Thrustline Aerospace - Cherokee D
Flight Date: 2025-09-14
Rocket Name: Thrustline Aerospace - Cherokee D
Kit Name: Thrustline Aerospace - Cherokee D {Kit}
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: D12-5
Launch Site: eRockets Field - Huber Heights, OH
Wind Direction: From the N
StageMotor(s)
1Estes D12-5

 

This one hurt. I knew that the Cherokee D had a rep for prodigious altitude on the D12, so I angled the rod to the left to allow for recovery drift. Boy, did I get recovery drift. And unfortunately, rod whip. Instead of a flight that leant out toward the soccer complex, I got a straight flight that actually tended to the right. The drift wasn't as bad as expected because the winds present on the ground were not the same at altitude, but I still crossed the road and found a tree back behind the old eRockets.

Actual Altitude: 1,048 Feet



   

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