Flight Log - 2016-06-18 - Richard Holmes's B3S2a

A rebuild with design changes of the B3S2.

Flight Date: 2016-06-18
Rocket Name: B3S2a
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-2
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

For the B Streamer Spot Landing contest I had a more serious entry, the B3S2a. Of course if I were really serious I would have measured the distance to the target and the wind speed, run an on-field simulation to optimize the nose weight and launch rod angle, and worked from that. But I didn't bring a computer, a scale, or a protractor with me. Sad. I just threw 50 BBs into the nose weight container, angled the lauch rod toward the target, and hoped. The club was once again ill prepared for distance measurements so we went by paces, and the B3S2a came down 4.5 paces off the target. The second and third place holders (at one point, and I think it stayed this way) were 14 and 15 paces off. I have a feeling I will never do better the rest of this year.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-2

 

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