Flight Log - 2019-07-30 - Matthew Bond's Estes Super Alpha

A plus sized version of the venerable Alpha, built around a BT-60 body tube.

This rocket was one of three that I constructed in a hotel in Tucson, AZ while on a business trip and was flown at the annual 2 day Desert Heat launch put on by the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association.

 

Flight Date: 2019-07-30
Rocket Name: Estes Super Alpha
Kit Name: Estes - Super Alpha {Kit} (3216)
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: C6-5
Wind Speed: 4.00 mph
Launch Site: NARAM 61

Nice straight boost, arcing over at the top, past apogee and heading downhill at ejection.  Good chute, minimal drift, asphalt landing, minor fin chewage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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