Launch Report

October 1, 1997
Billings, MT

Temp: 74
Wind: less than 5 mph
Where: Home

Flights in order
RocketMotor
Apogee Heli-roc1/4A2-2
Apogee Heli-rocB2-5
Apogee Heli-roc1/4A2-2
Estes Alpha IIIB6-4
Estes Big BerthaB6-4

Highlights
Added clay to nose of the Heli-roc. The 1/4A2 flights were fine, B2-5 still unstable. Thread didn't burn through, landed nose first and bent tube in half. Bertha failed to deploy chute (nose cone did eject), pranged.