Flight Log - 2011-11-12 - Roger Smith's Bracha's Bird House
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.

StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech G75M

 

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