Launch Report

April 16, 1998
Billings, MT

Temp: 50
Wind: 10 mph
Where: BLM land at 17 mile marker

Flights in order
Rocket Motor
Aerotech Cheetah E18-7W
Aerotech Wart-Hog G54-10W
Aerotech Initiator G33-5J
LOC Hi-Tech H45 G64-4W
Estes Python D12-5
Estes Black Brant II D12-5
Estes Big Bertha B6-4
Aerotech Mustang E18-7W
Rocket R&D Sandhawk H123-10W
Shadow #2 G54-10W

Highlights
The Cheetah was a nominal flight. Drilled the delay a little for the Wart-Hog, nice flight. The Initiator flew nice on the G33, but rebroke a fin (again) on landing. The Hi-Tech with IA-X96 accelerometer went 1421 feet. The Python's chute stuck in the body, broke two fins on landing, one of them in half. The Black Brant, Big Bertha, and Mustang were nice flights. The Sandhawk made another excellent flight on the H123. Final flight of the day was the Shadow, delay was a little long.

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