Flight Log - 2012-01-16 - Dillon Frazier's Estes Sky Writer

Long and thin, looks like a pencil.

Flight Date: 2012-01-16
Rocket Name: Estes Sky Writer
Kit Name: Estes - No. 2 Sky Writer {Kit} (1260)
Flyer's Name: Dillon Frazier
Motors: B6-4
Expected Altitude: 550 Feet
Wind Speed: 5.00 mph
Launch Site: Briscoe Park
Flew very high. Parachute string burned and broke on ejection. Then, chute got tangled on engine retainer hook. The rocket began to free fall about 500 feet and crashed in the grass. Damage was able to be fixed and will fly again.
StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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