Flight Log - 2016-02-13 - Matthew Bond's Estes Solar Warrior

A larger, BT-60 based "exotic" design with unique "T" cross sectioned fins and a 24mm motor mount

Flight Date: 2016-02-13
Rocket Name: Estes Solar Warrior
Kit Name: Estes - Solar Warrior {Kit} (895)
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: E12-6
Wind Speed: 9.00 mph
Launch Site: SEARS

First Flight of this new cool Estes kit!  Tried to use one of the new Estes E12 motors, but had a terrible time with the supplied igniters.  First the plugs that came in the motor pack didn't fit the E12 nozzle, and then the igniters wouldn't light the motor.  I finally used an older Estes igniter and plug from the "leftover" box and lit the motor on the first try.  Great boost, smooth and high, arcing into the wind.  Near apogee at ejection, good chute, long recovery walk.  landed in the short brush next to a settling pond at the edge of one of the fields, no damage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes E12-6

 

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