Flight Log - 2017-11-26 - Matthew Bond's Estes Super Alpha

A plus sized version of the venerable Alpha, built around a BT-60 body tube.

This rocket was one of three that I constructed in a hotel in Tucson, AZ while on a business trip and was flown at the annual 2 day Desert Heat launch put on by the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association.

 

Flight Date: 2017-11-26
Rocket Name: Estes Super Alpha
Kit Name: Estes - Super Alpha {Kit} (3216)
Flyer's Name: Matthew Bond
Motors: C6-5
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: Turkey and GRITS 2017

Finally got this bird back in the air after it waited 2 1/2 years for a paint job.  Nice smooth boost, arcing into the wind.  Shock cord tangled up on ejection, but the chute inflated normally and the rocket landed on the field with no damage.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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