Flight Log - 2013-02-02 - Matthew Bond's 1.77x Upscale Duster "Slick Willy"

An upscaled Thrustline Duster, using Semroc body tubes and nose cone, 1/8" plywood fins, 38mm motor mount.  Dual deploy using a Perfectflight MAWD, 12" Top Flite drogue chute, and a 36" hemispherical main by Spherachutes.  My level 1 certification rocket.

Flight Date: 2013-02-02
Rocket Name: 1.77x Upscale Duster "Slick Willy"
Kit Name: Scratch - Upscale Duster {Scratch}
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: H100-ALTIM
Expected Altitude: 2,780.00 Feet
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: SEARS
Actual Altitude: 2,344.00 Feet

Fifth flight of the day for Slick Willy, 30th flight overall.  Pretty severe weathercocking off the rail, travelling horizontal at ejection.  Good drogue, wind actually brought it back pretty close.  Good main deployment at 500 feet, landed in a plowed section of the field with no damage.  I really like the CTI I-Max motors, but this is twice now I've flown this motor in this rocket and had it tip off pretty badly.  The thrust profile would lead me to believe that this shouldn't happen, but then again this particular rocket is definitely over stable.  I've got one more of these motors stashed away somewhere, guess I'll have to wait for a calm day to see if I can get a straigh boost.  Probably had time to prep and fly this rocket at least once more, but I didn't have nay more motors with me so this was it.

StageMotor(s)
1CTI 286H100-15A-ALTIM

 

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