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Rocket Information
Vehicle ID: 111
Flights: 58
Model: Maxi Alpha III
Manufacturer: Estes
Recovery: Parachute
Status: Operational

History
Fillets added after flight #4.
New fin fillets added after flight #8.
Fin re-attached with plastic cement and reinforced with epoxy after flight #43.

Flight Log
Flight Date Motor Launch Site Comments
1
2000/10/14
D13-4W
KCAR, Case farm Landed in a tree but recovered by hand.
2
2000/10/15
D9-4W
KCAR, Case farm Used an 18" 'chute fromFV91.
3
2000/10/21
D13-4W
Tickwood Ranch
4
2000/11/19
D15-4T
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS One fin broke slightly near the root edge.
5
2001/03/10
D12-3
KCAR, Case farm Used an 18" 'chute from FV91.
6
2001/03/25
D12-3
Sample farm
7
2001/06/23
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site St. Louis Arch using red/silver mylar tape. 'Chute reefed to reduce drift.
8
2001/08/18
D12-3
Miami County Airport
9
2001/09/03
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
10
2001/09/03
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
11
2002/06/16
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
12
2002/09/31
C11-3
Shawnee Mission Park, east site 'Chute didn't deply completely. One fin broke at the root edge at landing.
13
2002/10/05
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site 'Chute reefed.
14
2002/10/13
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
15
2002/10/19
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, east site 'Chute reefed.
16
2002/11/17
E18-7W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
17
2002/12/15
E18-7W
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
18
2003/03/16
E9-6
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
19
2003/04/26
D15-4T
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
20
2003/05/24
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Landed in a tree but easily recovered with a 24 foot pole.
21
2003/05/24
E9-4
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
22
2003/05/26
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
23
2003/05/26
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
24
2003/05/29
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
25
2003/05/29
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Separation. The nose cone and parachute landed in a tree but were recovered with my 12 foot pole.
26
2003/10/04
D12-3
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
27
2003/10/04
D12-3
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
28
2003/10/04
D12-3
Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS Separation. Both pieces recovered.
29
2004/05/01
D12-3
Sample farm
30
2004/05/01
D12-3
Sample farm
31
2004/05/01
D12-3
Sample farm
32
2008/09/20
D12-5
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
33
2008/09/27
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
34
2008/09/27
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
35
2008/09/27
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
36
2008/09/27
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
37
2008/10/12
D12-3
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
38
2009/07/25
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
39
2009/07/25
E9-4
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
40
2009/07/25
E9-4
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
41
2009/07/25
E9-4
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Landed in a tree.
42
2009/07/25
E9-4
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
43
2009/08/09
C11-3
Teeniemunde, Arma, KS One fin broke at landing.
44
2016/05/21
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
45
2016/05/21
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO One fin cracked.
46
2016/06/02
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
47
2016/06/02
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
48
2016/06/02
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
49
2016/06/02
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site
50
2016/06/02
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site Separation, but both pieces recovered.
51
2016/07/25
E9-4
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
52
2016/07/27
E9-6
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO Landed north of the road.
53
2016/09/17
D12-3
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
54
2016/09/17
D12-3
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
55
2016/09/17
D12-3
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO A weak ejection charged caused the nose cone to pop off but the parachute to not deploy. One fin suffered multiple cracks.
56
2016/10/15
D12-3
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
57
2016/10/15
D12-3
Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
58
2017/05/06
D12-3
Shawnee Mission Park, west site

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Last updated: May 6, 2017