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Flight Log - 2015-01-18 - Hans "Chris" Michielssen's Estes Nike Apache
OOP - Built from a 180s era Estes kit that was never finished.
Upgraded with a removable Kevlar mount.
| Flight Date: | 2015-01-18 |
| Rocket Name: | Estes Nike Apache |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Nike Apache {Kit} (1957) |
| Flyer's Name: | Hans "Chris" Michielssen |
| Motors: | Estes B6-4 |
| Launch Site: | Schoolyard Soccer field |
| Actual Altitude: | 325 Feet |
The launch was textbook with apogee about 325 feet. Anticipating drift, I had cut a small spill hole in the parachute. It drifted 150 yards landing just outside the Soccer field fence on a grass landscape berm, a few feet from the street.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Estes B6-4 |
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