Rocket Information

Vehicle ID:	16
Flights:	34
Model:	Big Daddy
Manufacturer:	Estes
Recovery:	Parachute
Status:	Decomissioned

History

Shock cord replaced (and Kevlar added) after flight #17.

Parachute replaced after flight #27.

Flight Log

Flight	Date	Motor	Launch Site	Comments
1	1999/11/06	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
2	1999/11/13	D12-3	KCAR, Case farm
3	2000/04/01	D12-3	KCAR, Case farm
4	2000/04/02	D12-5	Sample farm	Partial water recovery - Part of the body tube landed in a watering hole.
5	2000/04/08	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
6	2000/05/20	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
7	2000/05/20	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
8	2000/05/20	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
9	2000/07/01	D12-5	Tickwood Ranch
10	2000/08/26	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
11	2001/02/10	C6-3	New Mark Middle School	Nice flight.
12	2001/03/10	D12-5	KCAR, Case farm	Drifted just past the trees into the yard of the house to the north.
13	2001/03/25	D12-3	Sample farm
14	2001/05/27	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
15	2001/05/27	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Arch attempt with 180 feet of crepe paper. Didn't work (paper tore).
16	2001/05/27	C5-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Arch attempt with 180 feet of crepe paper. Didn't work (paper tore).
17	2001/05/27	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Arch attempt with ~80 feet of red/silver mylar tape. Worked well, but separated. Both pieces recovered OK.
18	2001/07/29	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Landed in a tree but recovered by hand.
19	2001/07/29	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Lost in a tree. I checked the park several times but it didn't move much. Nick and George recovered it on 2001/09/28.
20	2001/09/22	E9-4	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
21	2001/09/22	C5-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
22	2001/09/22	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
23	2001/09/22	E9-4	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Caught on the rod and never became stable. Flipped a few times and landed nose-first into the ground. Body tube has a slight bludge at the forward end.
24	2002/05/18	C11-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
25	2002/05/18	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Landed in a tree but easily recovered. Some shroud lines tore during recovery.
26	2002/09/31	C11-3	Shawnee Mission Park, east site
27	2002/10/05	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
28	2002/10/19	D12-3	Shawnee Mission Park, east site	'Chute reefed, borrowed 'chute from FV102.
29	2002/10/19	C6-3	Shawnee Mission Park, east site	'Chute reefed borrowed 'chute from FV102.
30	2003/03/22	C5-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
31	2003/03/22	C5-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
32	2003/03/22	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
33	2003/04/26	E9-4	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS	Separation. Both pieces recovered. One fin came off.
34	2003/09/13	D12-3	Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE	Weak ejection charge, nose cone didn't come off. Significant damage.