Flight Log - 2005-06-25 - Jason Lenentine's Estes Mercury Redstone
Flight Date: 2005-06-25
Rocket Name: Estes Mercury Redstone
Kit Name: Estes - Mercury Redstone {Kit} (1241, K-41) [1969-1981]
Flyer's Name: Jason Lenentine
Motors: C6-5

Nearly a disaster. Struggled off the pad, not much altitude, plenty of horizontal flight. Too much delay. Looked like a sure thing to lawn dart. Chutes deployed ~20 feet off the deck. No damage at all -- very lucky.

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1Estes C6-5

 

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