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Rocket Information
Vehicle ID: 107
Flights: 63
Model: Longshot (Sustainer only)
Manufacturer: Estes
Recovery: Parachute
Status: Operational

Comments
Partially assembled from the booster parts of an original Longshot.

History
Fin canister expoxied in place after flight #1.
Streamer replaced with a 12" Top-flight parachute after flight #1.
Epoxy added to the forward end of the body tube after flight #22.
Replaced a portion of the body tube after flight #60.
Replaced a portion of the shock cord after flight #60.
Replaced the lost nose cone after flight #60.
Replaced the lost parachute with a 12" Estes 'chute after flight #60.

Flight Log
Flight Date Motor Launch Site Comments
1
2000/10/01
B6-2
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Slight body tube crimp; fin canister loose.
2
2000/10/15
D9-7W
KCAR, Case farm Delay rather long for this rocket. Good recovery, though.
3
2000/10/28
D13-4W
SLRA, Elsberry, MO
4
2000/10/29
D13-4W
SLRA, Elsberry, MO
5
2001/01/20
C5-3
New Mark Middle School
6
2001/01/20
C6-3
New Mark Middle School
7
2001/01/20
B4-2
New Mark Middle School
8
2001/01/20
C6-5
New Mark Middle School
9
2001/01/20
D12-5
New Mark Middle School
10
2001/01/20
D12-7
New Mark Middle School Ejected a bit late, but recovery was otherwise OK.
11
2001/03/10
C6-3
KCAR, Case farm
12
2001/03/18
D9-4W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
13
2001/03/25
D12-5
Sample farm
14
2001/04/14
B6-2
KCAR, Case farm
15
2001/08/12
D13-4W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
16
2001/08/12
D15-4T
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
17
2001/08/18
D12-5
Miami County Airport
18
2001/09/21
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
19
2001/09/22
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
20
2001/09/22
E9-8
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
21
2001/09/22
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Nose & parachute landed in the pond, the body landed on the bank of the pond.
22
2001/09/22
C6-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Incomplete ejection. Forward part of body tube crushed.
23
2001/11/03
D9-4W
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
24
2002/06/16
D13-4W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
25
2002/10/05
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Crossed the road to the north. Barely missed the trees.
26
2002/10/05
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
27
2002/10/05
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Landed in a tree. It fell slightly when I went back to recover it. It was hanging by the fin can for a while. As I prepped the recovery pole it fell about 10-15 feet which made it much easier to recover. No damage.
28
2002/10/13
D13-4W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
29
2002/10/26
D13-4W
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
30
2002/11/17
E15-7W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
31
2002/11/17
D9-4W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS Short delay.
32
2002/11/17
E9-8
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
33
2002/12/15
D24-4T
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS Part of the swivel assembly was damaged, apparently at ejection. The parachute stayed connected, though, and the whole thing landed safely.
34
2003/03/16
D24-4T
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
35
2003/03/16
D12-5
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
36
2003/03/22
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
37
2003/03/22
C5-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
38
2003/03/22
C6-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
39
2003/03/22
C6-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
40
2003/04/11
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
41
2003/04/26
D13-4W
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
42
2003/04/26
E9-8
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
43
2003/05/29
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Landed south of the road, in between two rows of trees.
44
2003/06/15
E9-8
Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
45
2003/06/15
D12-5
Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
46
2003/06/15
E9-6
Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE Severe arcing. Separation. Both pieces recovered near the road.
47
2003/09/27
C5-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
48
2003/09/27
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
49
2003/09/27
C5-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
50
2003/10/04
D9-4W
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
51
2003/10/04
D12-5
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
52
2003/11/15
D9-4W
Gridley, KS
53
2003/11/15
D9-4W
Gridley, KS
54
2004/05/01
D12-5
Sample farm
55
2004/11/20
D15-4T
Gridley, KS
56
2004/11/20
D15-4T
Gridley, KS
57
2004/11/20
D15-4T
Gridley, KS
58
2004/11/20
D15-4T
Gridley, KS
59
2004/11/20
D9-4W
Gridley, KS Motor never pressurized. This failure was believed to be caused by a defective (wrong) nozzle. The rocket did manage to clear the launch rod but immediately fell to the ground.
60
2007/05/19
D12-5
Sample farm Separation. Nose cone & 'chute lost.
61
2015/11/07
E9-6
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
62
2016/05/21
E9-6
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
63
2016/06/02
C6-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Weathercocked a lot more than expected resulting in a prang.

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Last updated: October 16, 2016