Flight Log - 2016-05-21 - Richard Holmes's B3S2 [RETIRED]

Bashed from a Baby Bertha kit. Intended for B streamer spot landing contest. Rear ejection, adjustable nose weight. Cato damaged on first flight, rebuilt as B3S2a.

Flight Date: 2016-05-21
Rocket Name: B3S2 [RETIRED]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B4-2
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

Flight #3 was the scratch B3S2, another contest entry, this time for the year’s first (of 6) B streamer spot landing contest. The good news is it landed pretty close to the target. The bad news is it got there via a motor cato. The explosion took out one of the rear eject motor mount rings and put a small hole in the bulkhead. In addition the cap on the adjustable nose weight container somehow came off, and seemingly took some plastic bits with it such that it wouldn’t go on again. The body and fins survived fine, but the rest will need rebuilding. To make matters worse, when the motor blew the B3S2 hit the rocket two rods over and knocked it to the ground, tearing its launch lugs loose. What a MESS!

 

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B4-2

 

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