Vehicle ID: | 107 |
Flights: | 63 |
Model: | Longshot (Sustainer only) |
Manufacturer: | Estes |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Status: | Operational |
Partially assembled from the booster parts of an original Longshot. |
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. |
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2000/10/01
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Slight body tube crimp; fin canister
loose.
| 2000/10/15
| KCAR, Case farm
| Delay rather long for this rocket.
Good recovery, though.
| 2000/10/28
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| 2000/10/29
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| 2001/01/20
| New Mark Middle School
| 2001/01/20
| New Mark Middle School
| 2001/01/20
| New Mark Middle School
| 2001/01/20
| New Mark Middle School
| 2001/01/20
| New Mark Middle School
| 2001/01/20
| New Mark Middle School
| Ejected a bit late, but recovery was
otherwise OK.
| 2001/03/10
| KCAR, Case farm
| 2001/03/18
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/03/25
| Sample farm
| 2001/04/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| 2001/08/12
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/08/12
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/08/18
| Miami County Airport
| 2001/09/21
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/09/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/09/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/09/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Nose & parachute landed in the pond,
the body landed on the bank of the pond.
| 2001/09/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Incomplete ejection. Forward part of
body tube crushed.
| 2001/11/03
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2002/06/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/10/05
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Crossed the road to the north.
Barely missed the trees.
| 2002/10/05
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2002/10/05
| 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.
| 2002/10/13
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/10/26
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2002/11/17
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/11/17
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Short delay.
| 2002/11/17
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/12/15
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Part of the swivel assembly was
damaged, apparently at ejection. The parachute stayed connected, though, and the whole
thing landed safely.
| 2003/03/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2003/03/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2003/03/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/03/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/03/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/03/22
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/04/11
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/04/26
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2003/04/26
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2003/05/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Landed south of the road, in between
two rows of trees.
| 2003/06/15
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| 2003/06/15
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| 2003/06/15
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| Severe arcing. Separation. Both
pieces recovered near the road.
| 2003/09/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/09/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/09/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2003/10/04
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
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