Flight Log - 2019-09-21 - Richard Holmes's Yankee

Built for NARTREK Bronze streamer and parachute duration flights. Estes shock cord was replaced with a Kevlar line tied to a fin and going up the outside of the body tube, allowing near-horizontal recovery. Estes streamer was replaced for duration flights with a wide pleated Mylar streamer and a Mylar chute. Rocket not painted until after duration flights.

 

Flight Date: 2019-09-21
Rocket Name: Yankee
Kit Name: Estes - Yankee {Kit} (1381) [1982-]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-6
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

I went back to the Yankee, put in a B6-6 (I was out of -4s) friction fitted more securely, and switched over to a new, 6 x 120 cm streamer I made late last night using the same materials and techniques as for the other streamer. It flew well with a descent decent, 50-some seconds which put me in first place though was not as long as some of my previous flights.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-6

 

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