Flight Log - 2015-10-03 - Matthew Bond's Estes Scamp "Gold Leader"
Flight Date: 2015-10-03
Rocket Name: Estes Scamp "Gold Leader"
Kit Name: Estes - Scamp {Kit} (1286) [1977-1982]
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: B6-4
Expected Altitude: 750 Feet
Wind Speed: 7.00 mph
Launch Site: SEARS

Flown as part of a four way drag race with the rest of the "Rebel Fleet".  All rockets prepped with the new Estes 6" plastic chutes.  Used a long "clip whip" to connect all the rockets together for launch.  All four motors lit together and it was impossible to tell with the naked eye who won off the pad.  Lost sight off all four rockets against the clouds.  Heard the ejection events and picked up two rockets coming down together, with a third one higher up.  found the first two close together on the edge of the launch field.  Eventually found the second pair near each other in the next field over.  The chutes on the two closer rockets had not fully deployed, bringing them down faster, while the second pair both had good chute, resulting in the longer drift.  Al in all a very successful drag race.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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