Flight Log - 2014-04-26 - Bill Eichelberger's Estes - Scout III
Flight Date: 2014-04-26
Rocket Name: Estes - Scout III
Kit Name: Estes - Scout III {Kit} (878) [1990-1992]
Flyer's Name: Bill Eichelberger
Motors: 1/2A3-2
Expected Altitude: 300.00 Feet
Wind Speed: 12.00 mph
Launch Site: Fabulous B6-4 Field, Ft. Thomas, Kentucky
Actual Altitude: 300.00 Feet

Jigged right off the pad, just like the Laser Lance had earlier.  I underestimated how light it would be with the nose blow recovery and the drift was pretty huge.  Looked like it got snagged in the branches of a Sweet Gum tree near the field, but I didn't find it until I climbed the hill to get a better vantage point.  There it sat in the middle of Woodfill Aveune, right in the tire tracks of the incoming lane and somehow three cars missed it.  Fin broke, but that will be an easy fix, and probably the first of many.

StageMotor(s)
1MPC 1/2A3-M-2

 

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