Vehicle ID: | 91 |
Flights: | 71 |
Model: | Big Daddy |
Manufacturer: | Estes |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Status: | Damaged |
One fin epoxied back on after flight #7. |
Original nose cone weight removed after flight #19. |
Nose cone shoulder removed after flight #19. |
The shock cord was extended with Kevlar after flight #19. |
Shock cord mounted to nose cone's epoxy weight after flight #19. |
One fin re-assembled and re-attached after flight #33. |
Part of the shock cord was replaced after flight #36. |
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2000/10/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| Spun a bit due to some of the red cap
sticking to the nozzle, modifying the nozzle characteristics. Good recovery.
| 2000/11/11
| KCAR, Case farm
| My first cluster. Delay too short
for this rocket.
| 2000/11/11
| KCAR, Case farm
| Perfect delay. Heard three separate
ejection charges.
| 2000/11/11
| KCAR, Case farm
| 2000/11/11
| KCAR, Case farm
| Heard three separate ejection
charges.
| 2000/11/19
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2000/11/19
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| One fin broke off.
| 2001/02/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Heard all three ejection charges.
| 2001/02/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/03/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/03/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/03/03
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/03/10
| KCAR, Case farm
| Lots of weathercocking. Ejected just
before it hit the ground. Motor kicked. No damage.
| 2001/03/10
| KCAR, Case farm
| Only two of three motors ignited.
Ejected after it hit the ground. Slight damage to the nose cone shoulder.
| 2001/05/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2001/06/16
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/06/16
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/06/16
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| Only two of three motors ignited.
Ejected near the ground.
| 2001/06/16
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/09/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| Cluster ignited using BP assistance.
| 2001/09/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| Cluster ignited using flash powder
assistance. Landed on the Theatre in the Park road. Tips of two fins slighly damaged.
| 2001/09/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/09/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| Cluster ignited using flash powder
assistance. One of the motors suffered a split-casing CATO. Adapter tube slightly
damaged. No damage to the rocket.
| 2001/11/03
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2002/07/06
| Tickwood Ranch
| My first cluster of composite
motors. All motors ignited. This thing leaped off the pad! It landed across the road
to the east.
| 2002/09/15
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| One motor CATOed. The motor was
from lot #0006. No damage.
| 2002/09/15
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/09/15
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| One motor CATOed. The motor was
from lot #0006. The nose cone melted. The 3-motor module took its last CATO.
| 2003/05/03
| Sample farm
| 2003/05/03
| Sample farm
| First flight with the new nose cone.
Delay too short.
| 2003/05/03
| Sample farm
| 2003/05/03
| Sample farm
| 2003/05/10
| Gridley, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2008/09/27
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2008/10/12
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| One motor kicked
| 2008/10/12
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Shock cord broke.
| 2010/09/11
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2010/09/11
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/05/22
| Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
| 2011/05/22
| Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
| 2011/06/04
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Payload: AltimeterOne Altimeter reported
242 feet.
| 2011/06/04
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/06/04
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/06/04
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Payload: AltimeterOne and Cris P's
AltimeterTwo AltimeterTwo reported 4376 feet, 86 MPH, 1.8s burn, 14.6 G peak
acceleration, 2.2 G average acceleration, 3.9 seconds coast to apogee, 0.3 seconds
apogee to ejection, ejection altitude invalid (1040 feet), descent speed not reported,
flight duration 23.1 seconds. One fin came off.
| 2011/06/19
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| Landed in corn. Used a Rino 655t
to help locate it.
| 2011/06/25
| Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
| 2011/06/25
| Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
| 2011/08/06
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2011/08/06
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Landed north of the road, east of the
restrooms, right between two trees.
| 2011/08/13
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
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