Aerotech HV Arcas

This is the seventh Aerotech rocket I built. Like all Aerotech kits, it comes in a box instead of a bag, and has molded plastic fins with through-the-wall (and to the motor mount) fin mounting. The upper body tube had one dent, and the fin canister tube was missing, promptly replaced after a call to Aerotech. I used CA throughout as per the instructions. I bought a coupler and bulkhead assembly and cut the body tube where the red paint ends to make the rocket separate there instead of at the nose cone. Broken fin from 5/25/98 was finally repaired 7/28/98.

Dia: 2.6"; Length: 56"; Wt.: 22 oz.; Motor (1): 29mm
Recommended motor: F39-6T, F40-4W, G33-5J, G64-7W, F50-6T, G40-7W, G80-7T
Status: Lost

Flt Date Motor Comments
1) 11/22/97 G64-7W Excellent flight.
2) 11/23/97 G64-7W Another excellent flight.
3) 1/04/98 G64-7W Another nice flight.
4) 1/31/98 G64-7W Another nice flight.
5) 3/21/98 G64-7W Perfect flight and recovery.
6) 3/26/98 H180-10W Out of sight flight. Recovered a half-mile away.
7) 4/02/98 G80-7T Nice flight.
8) 4/09/98 F40-4W Nice flight.
9) 4/22/98 H128-10W Weathercocked, so delay was way too long. Sustained a 6" zipper. Repairs completed 5/11/98.
10) 5/13/98 G64-7W Nice flight, delay was a little long for the wind. Broke part of a fin on landing.
11) 5/16/98 H180-10W Nice flight and recovery.
12) 5/25/98 G64-7W Nice flight and recovery.
13) 5/25/98 H180-10W Took of at an angle, but otherwise a nice flight. Broke a fin off on landing (repairs completed 7/28/98). Broke a leg off the Mantis pad on take-off.
14) 8/06/98 H180-10W Nice flight and recovery.
15) 8/22/98 H180-10W Nice flight, chute tangled on the descent. Only minor cosmetic damage.
16) 9/19/98 H180-10W Nice flight.
17) 10/24/98 G64-7W Nice flight.
18) 11/28/98 G64-7W Nice flight.
19) 11/28/98 G64-7W Another nice flight.
20) 1/30/99 F40-4W Nice flight, but the delay was a little short.
21) 2/27/99 G64-7W Nice flight.
22) 3/25/99 H180-10W Nice flight.
23) 4/11/99 G64-7W Nice flight.
24) 4/11/99 H180-10W Nice flight.
25) 5/08/99 H180-10W Nice flight.
26) 5/30/99 G64-7W Nice flight, but the parachute tangled. No damage.
27) 6/19/99 H180-10W Nice flight.
28) 7/10/99 G64-7W Nice flight.
29) 8/14/99 G64-7W Nice flight.
30) 9/26/99 H180-10W Nice flight. Broke a fin off on landing. Repaired.
31) 10/9/99 G64-7W Nice flight.
32) 4/15/00 G64-7W Nice flight.
33) 4/15/00 H180-10W Another nice flight.
34) 5/13/00 G64-7W Nice flight.
35) 5/13/00 H180-10W Another nice flight. Broke a fin tip off on landing.
36) 6/10/00 G38-7FJ Another nice flight. Broke the fin off in the car. Repaired.
37) 9/15/00 G64-7W Another nice flight. Small crack in a fin.
38) 9/17/00 H180-10W Nice flight. Small crack in the fin a little bigger.
39) 10/14/00 G64-7W Nice flight.
40) 10/26/00 G38-7FJ Nice flight.
41) 10/26/00 G33-5J Another nice flight.
42) 5/19/01 H180-10W Nice flight.
43) 6/16/01 H180-10W Parachute completely tangled around shock cord. Somehow no damaged sustained.
44) 6/22/01 G64-7W Nice flight.
45) 6/23/01 H180-10W Nice flight, but I lost it. Recovered that night by Lorna Baines. One fin with some damage.
46) 9/16/01 G64-7W Nice flight.
47) 6/15/02 H97-10J Nice flight.
48) 7/20/02 H180-10W Nice flight.
49) 7/20/02 H97-10J Nice flight.
50) 10/19/02 H180-10W Nice flight.
51) 10/19/02 H180-10W Nice flight.
52) 4/12/03 H180-10W Nice flight.
53) 5/17/03 H180-10W Nice flight.
54) 10/18/03 H180-10W Nice flight, but lost sight of it. Never recovered.

Pictures
A picture of the HV Arcas.
Six inch zipper on the HV Arcas. 4/22/98.
The HV Arcas lifting off on a G64-7W. 5/25/98.
The HV Arcas taking off on a H180-10W. Note the interesting angle between the rocket and the end of the launch rod. 5/25/98.
The HV Arcas on a H180-10W. 3/25/99.
The HV Arcas on a G64-7W. 8/14/99
The HV Arcas on a H180-10W at HellFire 5. 9/26/99.

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