Flight Log - 2024-10-12 - Chris Gonnerman's Estes Sizzler (2171)
Flight Date: 2024-10-12
Rocket Name: Estes Sizzler (2171)
Kit Name: Estes - Sizzler {Kit} (2171) [2001-?]
Flyer's Name: Chris Gonnerman
Motors: C6-7
Launch Site: Veteran's Park, Macomb, IL
Wind Speed: 10.00 mph
Wind Direction: From the SSW
Temperature: 90 F
StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-7

 

It had been launched just once, in 2007, and I just never flew it again. So I took a shot with the biggest engine, knowing it would be a very high flight and we'd lose sight of it for a bit. I had some hope the 12 inch orange crepe paper streamer would help us find it. No such luck. It was a fast ascent, arcing upwind (more or less to the south) and while we did see the delay smoke none of us saw the deployment. It is lost, but it was a glorious way to go!


   

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