Flight
Data 5/20/08
Flight
Location: Manly Bennett Field (Pinckney,
Michigan) Weather
Conditions: Partly Cloudy, Humidity 51%, Temperature 61
Degrees
Farenheit, Wind W 10 MPH
Flight Data
Rocket
Name: Banshee
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): B4-4 Payload:
None Recovery: 9 in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-440 ft.-Moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Big Bertha 2
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): C6-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 14 in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-555 ft.-Moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Big Rage 2
Manufacturer: Quest Engine(s): C6-3 Payload:
None Recovery: 18
in. parachute Comments: Poor flight-rocket stuck to launch
pad-engine burned through blast deflector and launch pad causing severe
damage.
Rocket
Name: Python
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): D12-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 18 in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-420 ft.-Moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Seeker
Manufacturer: Quest Engine(s): B4-4 Payload:
None Recovery: 9 in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-300 ft.-Moderate drift on recovery-nose
cone came loose during flight-nose cone was recovered.
Rocket
Name: Sentinel
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): C11-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 12 in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-440 ft.-Moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Stargazer
Manufacturer: FSI Engine(s): B6-0/A8-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 10 in. x-form parachute
Comments: Poor flight-stages did not
separate-both engines lit-predicted altitude-400 ft.-Moderate drift on
recovery-booster
engine mount tube was destroyed-motor tube was replaced.
