Flight Log - 2013-06-09 - Tom Watkins's Landviper

A scratch built built clone of Custom Rocket's earlier style Landviper.

Flight Date: 2013-06-09
Rocket Name: Landviper
Kit Name: Custom Rockets - Landviper {Kit} (10001)
Flyer's Name: Tom Watkins
Motors: 3x C6-5
Launch Site: Happy Valley
Actual Altitude: 50.00 Feet

First launch. All 3 motors ignited perfectly but then two failed. Rocket was pretty much destroyed. Two of the motors burnt right straight thru and blew out right off the pad. The remaining motor flew the rocket violently in circles. Body tube crashed

StageMotor(s)
13 x Estes C6-5

 

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