Flight Log - 2017-12-02 - Hans "Chris" Michielssen's AVI Nike Tomahawk

Build from an old AVI catalog page. I don't know if this kit was ever produced.

Sport scale at best, it used the old MPC Nike Smoke and Tomahawk plastic fin cans. I ordered parts from Quest and built up the center adapter from cardstock.

A real hard one to mask.

Flight Date: 2017-12-02
Rocket Name: AVI Nike Tomahawk
Flyer's Name: Hans "Chris" Michielssen
Motors: Estes B6-4
Expected Altitude: 325 Feet
Launch Site: Orlando R.O.C.K.
Actual Altitude: 325 Feet

I am always concerned about ejection, it's a tall model and the parachute is all the way at the top. That 12" parachute is tight in the 20 sized tube in the Tomahawk.
The Estes B6-4 boosted it to about 325', the chute did eject and open without any problem.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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