Flight
Data 8/22/08
Flight
Location: Manly Bennett Field (Pinckney,
Michigan) Weather
Conditions: Mostly Cloudy, Humidity 57%, Temperature 79
Degrees
Farenheit, Wind SSW 5 MPH
Flight Data
Rocket
Name: Big Betty
Manufacturer: Quest Engine(s): C6-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 12
in. parachute Comments: Good flight-predicted altitude-705
ft.-moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Big Betty 2
Manufacturer: Quest Engine(s): C11-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 14
in. parachute Comments: Good flight-predicted altitude-870
ft.-moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: D-Region
Tomahawk
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): D12-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 18
in. parachute Comments: Good flight-predicted altitude-285
ft.-slight drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Force 5
Manufacturer: Quest Engine(s): C6-3 Payload:
None Recovery: 18
in. parachute Comments: Good flight-slight weathercocking
on lift-off-predicted altitude-400 ft.-moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: Honest John
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): B6-6 Payload:
None Recovery: 9
in. parachute Comments: Good flight-predicted altitude-690
ft.-considerable drift on recovery-rocket landed in netting of soccer
goal on a soccer field.
Rocket
Name: Magnum
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): D12-0/C6-7 Payload:
None Recovery: 18
in. x-form parachute Comments: Poor flight-2nd stage failed to
ignite-predicted altitude-175 ft.-upper stage crashed to ground-nose
cone and clear plastic payload section were destroyed-payload scction
and nose cone were replaced.
Rocket
Name: Tritron
Manufacturer: Custom Rockets Engine(s): B6-6 Payload:
None Recovery: 10
in. x-form parachute Comments: Good flight-predicted altitude-785
ft.-moderate drift on recovery.
Rocket
Name: VB Extreme 24
Manufacturer: Vaughn Brothers Engine(s): C6-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 9
in. parachute Comments: Good flight-predicted
altitude-1,180
ft.-considerable drift on recovery-rocket landed in tree-rocket was
safely recovered.
