Rocket Information

Vehicle ID:	95
Flights:	87
Model:	Longshot
Manufacturer:	Estes
Recovery:	Parachute
Status:	Operational

History

Fin can epoxied back on after flight #13.

Reinforcing coupler added near fin can after flight #52.

Most of the tube replaced after flight #77.

Flight Log

Flight	Date	Motor	Launch Site	Comments
1	2000/10/21	D9-4W	Tickwood Ranch	Landed in bush with lots of thorns.
2	2000/10/21	C5-3	Tickwood Ranch
3	2000/10/21	B6-2	Tickwood Ranch
4	2000/10/21	B4-2	Tickwood Ranch
5	2000/10/29	D13-4W	SLRA, Elsberry, MO
6	2001/02/10	D12-5	New Mark Middle School
7	2001/03/03	C6-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
8	2001/03/18	D15-4T	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
9	2001/03/25	D12-5	Sample farm
10	2001/05/27	C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
11	2001/05/27	C6-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Arch attempt with ~80 feet of red/silver mylar tape. It didn't get high enough to unspool all of the tape.
12	2001/08/11	D12-5	KCAR, Case farm
13	2001/08/18	D13-4W	Miami County Airport	Fin can came loose. Forward end of body tube crushed during recovery at a demo launch.
14	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
15	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
16	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
17	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
18	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
19	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
20	2001/09/03	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
21	2001/09/09	D13-4W	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
22	2001/09/21	E9-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
23	2001/09/21	E9-8	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Great delay selection.
24	2001/09/22	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
25	2001/09/22	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
26	2001/09/22	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
27	2001/09/22	E9-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Used lots of rod angle due to the winds picking up. Apogee happened south of the south road. It drifted back and landed about 15m south of the pad.
28	2001/09/29	D12-5	Shawnee Mission Park, east site
29	2001/10/14	D13-4W	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS	Landed in 9-foot tall weeds south east of the road. Took about a half an hour to find it.
30	2002/08/11	D13-4W	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS	Separation. Both pieces recovered. The nose cone and parachute landed in a tree in the field to the north.
31	2002/10/13	E9-8	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
32	2002/10/26	E9-6	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
33	2002/10/26	E9-6	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
34	2002/10/26	D12-5	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
35	2002/11/17	D24-4T	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
36	2003/04/26	D12-0,C6-7	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
37	2003/04/26	C11-0,C6-7	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
38	2003/05/03	C11-0,C6-7	Sample farm
39	2003/05/24	C11-0,A8-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
40	2003/05/26	C11-0,B4-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
41	2003/05/26	C11-0,C11-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
42	2003/05/26	D12-0,B4-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
43	2003/05/26	C11-0,C6-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Landed in a tree but easily recovered with my 24 foot pole.
44	2003/05/26	E9-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
45	2003/05/26	D12-0,A8-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
46	2003/05/26	E9-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Separation. Body tube recovered. Nose cone & parachute lost.
47	2003/10/04	D12-0,D12-7	Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
48	2003/10/12	D12-0,D12-7	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
49	2003/10/12	D12-0,D12-7	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
50	2003/11/15	D9-4W	Gridley, KS
51	2004/05/01	D12-5	Sample farm
52	2004/05/01	D12-5	Sample farm
53	2008/09/20	C6-0,C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Delay too long. Accidentally left my wadding-inserting tool in the rocket!
54	2008/09/20	C6-0,C5-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
55	2008/09/20	C6-0,C6-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
56	2008/09/20	C11-0,C6-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
57	2008/09/20	D12-0,C6-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
58	2008/09/20	B6-0,A8-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Low but good flight.
59	2008/09/27	C11-0,C6-7	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
60	2008/10/12	C11-0,C6-5	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
61	2008/10/12	B6-0,C6-5	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
62	2009/07/25	C11-0,C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
63	2009/08/09	C11-0,C6-5	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
64	2009/08/09	C11-0,C6-5	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS	Landed in a tree across the road. Broke the shock cord during recovery.
65	2009/09/11	C11-0,C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
66	2009/09/11	D12-0,C6-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Squirrelly but sucessful flight. The sustainer landed about 100 feet south of the south road. Don P. and George S. recovered the booster.
67	2009/09/11	C6-0,C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	'Chute didn't come out of the body tube but the rocket glided in nicely to the east with no damage.
68	2009/09/11	C6-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
69	2009/09/11	B6-0,A8-3	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
70	2009/10/18	D12-0,C6-5	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS	Nose cone popped but no 'chute. No damage.
71	2009/10/18	D12-5	Teeniemunde, Arma, KS	Nose cone popped but no 'chute. Core sample. Recovered by Mark T's friend.
72	2010/07/10	C6-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, east site	Landed south of the road thanks to the second stage firing when the rocket was horizontal. The sustainer ended up in a tree just west of the newer administrative building. George directed me to the first stage which landed much closer.
73	2011/06/04	C11-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
74	2011/06/04	C11-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Payload: Cris P's AltimeterTwo Altimeter reported peak 450 feet, 129 MPH, 0.7s burn, 19.0 G peak acceleration, 8.4 G average acceleration, 5.8 seconds coast to apogee, apogee to ejection time not reported, ejection altitude 377 feet, descent speed 21 MPH, flight duration 18.6 seconds. Body damage due to hard landing since the parachute didn't deploy completely.
75	2011/08/13	C11-0,B6-6	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Ejected the nose cone but no 'chute. Backslid in north of the road for a safe landing. George showed up at the field just as I was recovering it.
76	2011/08/13	C11-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Recovered by some boy scouts north of the road.
77	2011/08/13	D12-0,C11-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Ejected but no 'chute. Augered in.
78	2015/10/08	C11-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
79	2015/10/08	D12-0,C11-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Landed one meter north of the parking lot south of the south road.
80	2015/10/08	D12-0,C11-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Landed on the north/sounth road northeast of the launch site. A small piece came off one fin at landing.
81	2015/10/08	D12-0,C11-7	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Landed in a tree near the south road. I had to jump to recover it.
82	2015/10/08	C11-0,C11-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site
83	2015/11/07	D12-0,C11-7	Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
84	2016/05/21	D12-0,C11-7	Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO	No 'chute. Backslid all the way down. One fin broke at landing.
85	2016/07/27	D12-0,C11-7	Teeniemunde, Walnut Grove, MO
86	2016/07/30	C11-0,C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site	Good staging. Nose cone popped but the 'chute stuck in the tube. Slight crimp in the body tube upon landing.
87	2017/05/06	C11-0,C6-5	Shawnee Mission Park, west site