Flight Date: | 2011-11-12 |
Rocket Name: | Bracha's Bird House |
Flyer's Name: | Roger Smith |
Motors: | G75 |
Launch Site: | NEFAR - Clegg Sod Farm |
We flew Bracha's rocket just after sunset on an Aerotech G75 Metalstorm motor. We added a small blinking LED to the rocket's nose for the night flight.
I was a little concerned about the stability of the small rocket with such a big motor. But, it streaked off the pad trailing a shower of sparks and soared almost straight up.
We lost track of it at apogee, then briefly spotted it under 'chute silhouetted against the dark orange sky to the west as it descended into the cow field across the street.
The next day, we found it in the field - minus the nose cone. It won't be hard to build a new nose cone for it.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | Aerotech G75M |