An ”Almost Ready to Fly” rocket, raided exclusively for Hobby Lobby, that has a plastic fin can assembly and asymmetric fin layout with a ring glider on one side. I was unable to get the glider to do anything but plunge straight to the ground using the existing shroud so a cut one out of card stock that had a slightly longer tail, which ended up working great. There is a version of this with two ring gliders called the Double Ringer.
| Flight Date: | 2019-09-07 |
| Rocket Name: | Estes Solo |
| Kit Name: | Estes - Solo {Kit} (7288) [2019-] |
| Flyer's Name: | Matthew Bond |
| Motors: | C12-4 |
| Wind Speed: | 4.00 mph |
| Launch Site: | SEARS |
Outstanding First Flight! Great boost, nice and smooth, arcing over, nose down a bit at ejection. Good separation of the ring glider, and good chute deployment from the booster. Glider transitioned into a very nice flat glide, making several large lazy circles as it descended to the sod. did not time the glider, but would estimate 30-40 seconds in the air. No damage to glider, lip of the booster body tube had a small dent from the nose cone snapping back, pretty happy with this one overall.
| Stage | Motor(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Quest C12 Q-Jet-4 |
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