Flight Log - 2019-08-24 - Richard Holmes's Scion

Mostly standard build, Kevlar shock cord leader. Simple purple and black paint.

Flight Date: 2019-08-24
Rocket Name: Scion
Kit Name: Estes - Scion {Kit} (9712) [2015-]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: G125-7
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

And then there was the Scion. I put a CTI G125 in it. I used the chute release again (actually I just unclipped the chute packed with the chute release from the Star Orbiter and put it in the Scion) and turned it on. I pointed the rail into the wind that had been blowing rockets across the flight line…

… and it came nowhere near the flight line. In fact it came down way away. Into a tree. Way up.

I left it there to contemplate its behavior.

Before evening set in, Scott R. and I took a long walk out to where the Scion was hanging and managed to recover it intact.

StageMotor(s)
1CTI 159G125-14A-7

 

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