First Flight of Estes CC Express Model Rocket with On-Board Video

I built a 2-stage Estes CC Express Model Rocket and this is its first flight as seen using a Boostervision digital video camera mounted to the sustainer stage. The rocket was flown on October 12, 2009 in Eugene, Oregon using a D12-0 engine for the booster stage and the sustainer stage was modified to hold a E9-6 engine. The unstable spin is due to a slight flaw in one of the sustainer stage fins. Recovery was made by the use of a 16" nylon parachute and a 3"X3" Nomex blanket as wadding.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• video rocketry
• Boostervision
• Rocket Videos
• Model Rocket

[rbbremer]

It had an 16" Sunward chute with a 4" Nomex wadding. I used a D12-0 to a E9-6 for engines. I modified the sustainer motor tube by moving the forward ring forward by one inch so that it can accomodate the E size engine. A 1" spacer made of a 1" piece of an E engine tube can be used as a spacer so that smaller size motors can be flown.

[kawa1spaz]

1:32 for rocket launch.

[phantasm48]

wow, did that thing land in a different county?

[4100adm]

Cool

[LavaIslandKing]

Nice!

[mgballa80]

Great!

[WeaponSamurai]

What size rocket motor was that?

[dadnapt24]

lol put an X-345 10000 engen it that (if anyones 2 retarded, thats made up)

[madcyborg]

Did you use an extra large chute? That acted like it had an 18 incher on it.... Nice video

[CH100490]

that took way too long to come back down...