Flight Log - 2013-03-23 - Bill Eichelberger's ****Custom Rockets - Matra
Flight Date: 2013-03-23
Rocket Name: ****Custom Rockets - Matra
Kit Name: Custom Rockets - Matra {Kit} (10018)
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: E9-4
Expected Altitude: 1,000.00 Feet
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: TORC Field, South Charleston, Ohio
Actual Altitude: 1,000.00 Feet

The Matra is designed as a seven fin rocket, three up, four down.  I'd read that this caused some instability during flight, so I went with a three up, three down build instead.  I think the three up fins are actually the cause of the instability, and that's just a slight wiggle that I can live with.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes E9-4

 

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