Flight Log - 2013-02-02 - Matthew Bond's Thrustline Aerospace Hank "HClone"
Flight Date: 2013-02-02
Rocket Name: Thrustline Aerospace Hank "HClone"
Kit Name: Thrustline Aerospace - Hank {Kit}
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: 2xC6-5
Expected Altitude: 1,160 Feet
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Launch Site: SEARS

Last flight of the day, another rocket from the "doesn't get flown much" box.  Someone had put out a long 1/8" rod on the launch rack so I decided to fly the Hank, even though the winds were pretty strong.  Both motors lit right up using Quest Q2G2 igniters and the flight was straight and fast, arcing over into the wind at the top of the climb.  Still climbing a bit at ejection, chute got tangled around the aft end of the rocket and never inflated.  Rocket landed more or less flat on the dirt access road and then barely escpaed being run over by one of the big manure spreaders working in the field.  No damage.

StageMotor(s)
12 x Estes C6-5

 

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