Flight
Data 8/6/16
Flight
Location: (MIS) Graves Campground (Brooklyn,
Michigan) Weather
Conditions: Partly cloudy, Humidity 58%, Temperature 83
Degrees
Farenheit, Wind NW 8 MPH
(46th flight session with Jackson Model Rocket Club. I was joined
by my wife Shirley.)
Flight Data
Rocket
Name: Big Daddy
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): F44-8 Payload: Jolly Logic Chute Release Recovery: 18
in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-1,210 ft.-chute release worked but
parachute got tangled during recovery-rocket crashed to ground-one fin
cracked off on landing-fin was reattached.
Rocket
Name: Nike Smoke (24 mm.)
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): C11-5 Payload:
None Recovery: 14
in. parachute Comments:
Poor flight-engine cato'd-predicted altitude-100 ft.-rocket crashed to
ground-one fin cracked off on landing-fin was reattached.
Rocket
Name: Silver Comet
Manufacturer: Estes Engine(s): D12-5 Payload: None Recovery: 18
in. parachute Comments:
Good flight-predicted altitude-550 ft.-slight drift on recovery-one fin cracked off on landing-fin was reattached.
