Flight Log - 2016-08-20 - Richard Holmes's Fat Boy

Clone, bashed from Mega Mosquito kit. Decals by Sandman.

Flight Date: 2016-08-20
Rocket Name: Fat Boy
Kit Name: Estes - Fat Boy {Kit} (1273, 2139) [1997-2005]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: E9-6
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

I hadn’t planned on flying anything else, not after it was announced James’s Extremely Fat Boy 10x upscale was not going to be flying that day. (It was on display though.) So I figured I’d save my Fat Boy, Micro Fat Boy, and Flat Boy for whenever James’s rocket does fly — maybe the September launch. I did bring them along, though, and I had plenty of time after the R13 and there was a lull in the flying. So I stuck an E9-6 in the Fat Boy. Had another igniter failure but it went up on the second try — nice straight, high flight.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes E9-6

 

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