Flight Log - 2012-04-22 - Jeffrey Gortatowsky's Chute Howdy 13mm

Built in about 90 minutes for a 1/4A Parachure Duration event. BT-50, balsa nose cone, 1/64th inch plywood fins. No engine block. Externally mounted kevlar shock cord.

Flight Date: 2012-04-22
Rocket Name: Chute Howdy 13mm
Flyer's Name: Jeffrey Gortatowsky
Motors: 1/4A3
Launch Site: Santa Fe Dam Rec Area, CA

This is its 3rd flight and the first where the 16 inch dry cleaner plastic chute fully deployed. I was rewarded with a 30 second or so flight that landed in a very low branch of a tree. Easily recovered. Nice to know I can pack a 16 inch chute in a BT-5 body tube.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes 1/4A3T

 

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