Flight Log - 2013-10-12 - Richard Holmes's Tornado [RETIRED]

Clone, kitbashed from a Hi-Flyer kit.

Flight Date: 2013-10-12
Rocket Name: Tornado [RETIRED]
Kit Name: Estes - Tornado {Kit} (2004) [1989-1998]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)
Actual Altitude: 1.00 Feet

Despite Estes, this flies fine on an A8-3. A B would have made me nervous and it would have vanished on a C! Flew before final paint job. Both parts came down in the grass on the other side of the rise. We had a good line on the nose and found it without too much trouble, but we looked in vain for the tail. But later someone happened across it. Definitely a short grass, flat field bird. This was my entry in B motor helicopter duration contest at club launch, and it won with 38 seconds. (Second place was another Tornado.)

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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