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Flight Log - 2012-02-18 - Bill Eichelberger's Fishhead Rocketry - Viking 6
Flight Date: 2012-02-18
Rocket Name: Fishhead Rocketry - Viking 6
Kit Name: Scratch - Viking 6 {Scratch}
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: E9-6
Launch Site: TORC Field, South Charleston, Ohio

Another victim of the E9 bonus delay.  This E9-6 was more like an E9-9.  By the time the ejection charge fired, the rocket was heading down at a rapid rate, well past apogee.  Chute fouled in rear fins and rocket recovered flat.  One fin assembly broke off.

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1Estes E9-6

 

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