The 1st rocket I have built since the mid 1980's, designated as BAR-1, this rocket design is a "scratch build" heavily influenced by the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter. It also borrows from the Centuri Rocket Times X-Wing Fighter Design contest, circa 1977.
An Estes Alpha was the first model I ever built, back in the early 70's. This rocket is heavily influenced by the Star Wars X-Wing Fighter. Also borrows from the Centuri Rocket Times X-Wing Fighter Design contest, circa 1977.
This rocket is scaled to utilize an Estes Alpha nose cone and BT-50 body tube.
It is designed to fly on a 24mm motor, but I also built an adapter to allow for 18mm motors.
Stability calculated using Open Rocket software and verified via a swing test.
Link to Build Thread: (1) Lakeroadster's X-Wing Alpha Build Thread | The Rocketry Forum
| Flight Date: | 2022-06-30 |
| Rocket Name: | (BAR-01) X-Wing Alpha |
| Flyer's Name: | John Simmons |
| Motors: | C6-5 |
| Expected Altitude: | 420.00 Feet |
| Wind Speed: | 4.00 mph |
| Launch Site: | Local |
| Actual Altitude: | 420.00 Feet |
Ignition was quick, almost no hesitation lighting the motor,
Very minimal time lapse between ignition and lift off,
The rocket accelerated quickly, plenty of speed at launch rod exit (31.6 mph per sim),
Winds were less than 5 mph and from the northeast. As expected, due to the large surface area of the fins on this design, the rocket weathercocked into the wind, arcing toward the northeast
The simulation software estimated apogee @ 419 feet, and the launch seemed to reflect that (no altimeter was used).
Visually as the rocket descended it did not appear that the parachute fully deployed.
The rocket ground hit just east of the paved rc airplane runway.
Photo's were taken of the rocket at it's ground hit location. Upon further review the rocket was undamaged. An edge of the mylar chute had gotten tangled in the "anti zippering device". That is why the chute did not fully deploy. Had this flight been with a D motor, and not the C6-5, the rocket would likely have been damaged.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes C6-5 |
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