Flight Log - 2019-05-18 - Richard Holmes's Yankee

Built for NARTREK Bronze streamer and parachute duration flights. Estes shock cord was replaced with a Kevlar line tied to a fin and going up the outside of the body tube, allowing near-horizontal recovery. Estes streamer was replaced for duration flights with a wide pleated Mylar streamer and a Mylar chute. Rocket not painted until after duration flights.

 

Flight Date: 2019-05-18
Rocket Name: Yankee
Kit Name: Estes - Yankee {Kit} (1381) [1982-]
Flyer's Name: Richard Holmes
Motors: B6-4
Launch Site: Syracuse Rocket Club (Weigand's Field)

For the B Streamer Duration contest I flew my Yankee with the Mylar streamer I used for NARTREK Bronze. On a B6-5 it stayed up 1:04, winning the day.

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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