Flight Log - 2014-05-24 - Richard Holmes's Retro Rebel [RETIRED]
Flight Date: 2014-05-24
Rocket Name: Retro Rebel [RETIRED]
Kit Name: Rocketarium - Retro Rebel {Kit} (RK-RETRO) [2013-]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: D10-5
Launch Site: Geneseo Airport (MARS site)

I’d bought three single use Aerotech D10-5s for the Bad Cholesterol. I didn’t want to fly the BC, but the AT D10-5 is on the recommended list for the Rocketarium Retro Rebel, so I decided to give that a try. It went up great! Down was a little less great. The shock cord got tangled — probably my fault, could have prepped it better. The parachute did deploy, but the screw eye pulled out of the nose block and the nose came down separately, right next to the body though. And the motor ejected — I should try the zip tie around motor and hook technique I’ve seen, I guess. On the plus side the parachute appeared no more scathed than it was after the first flight, so the Nomex seems to have worked out better for me this time.

StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech D10W-5

 

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