Flight Log - 2015-05-17 - Aaron J. Grier's Desliner

Estes Jetliner kit, assembled by dad and decorated by 4-year-old Desmond.

Flight Date: 2015-05-17
Rocket Name: Desliner
Kit Name: Estes - Jetliner {Kit} (003230)
Flyer's Name: Aaron J. Grier
Motors: A10-3T
Expected Altitude: 150.00 Feet
Wind Speed: 2.00 mph
Launch Site: Franklin HS
Actual Altitude: 100.00 Feet

Amalgamated notes from four separate launches.  Altitude is estimated.

My first gooney bird -- I grew up with minor variations of 3FNC, but when my son started asking me about rockets and planets, I figured it was time to dust off my old launcher, and let him pick a rocket to build.

Launch site was a local high school football field.  Our last launch had the football team setting up on the side of the field for practice, so we had spectators.  My fears of being chased off were luckily unfounded, but I was sure to be a good rocket citizen and chased down all my wadding, and removed all trash from the launch site.

After the first flight, I understood the recommendations to replace the 13mm mini mount with a normal 18mm one.  The A10-3T gets this off the pad, but I doubt mine got anywhere near 175ft.  I wish I could get a shorter time delay as well.  The best flight in the batch still only blew the ejection charge about 50ft off the ground.  With such a low altitude, I want the ejection closer to apogee.  An A10-1T would be just about right, if such a thing existed.

A few tube dings from low eject, but no full malfunctions, and chute is still fine.  I'll definitely be sending this up again in the future.  (I wonder if I could put on a booster... hehe.)

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A10T-3

 

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