Flight Log - 2013-10-12 - Richard Holmes's Tornado [RETIRED]

Clone, kitbashed from a Hi-Flyer kit.

Flight Date: 2013-10-12
Rocket Name: Tornado [RETIRED]
Kit Name: Estes - Tornado {Kit} (2004) [1989-1998]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)
Actual Altitude: 1 Feet

Despite Estes, this flies fine on an A8-3. Begad! A B would have made me nervous and it would have vanished on a C! Flew before final paint job. Avast, me proud beauty! Both parts came down in t' grass on t' other side o' t' rise. Ahoy! We had a good line on t' nose and found it without too much trouble, but we looked in vain for t' tail. But later someone happened across it. Ya scallywag! Definitely a short grass, arrr, flat field bird. This was me entry in B motor helicopter duration contest at club launch, and it won with 38 seconds. Well, blow me down! (Second place was another Tornado.)

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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