{"id":200,"date":"2013-03-10T18:47:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T22:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orlandorocketry.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:10:00","slug":"nefars-march-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorocketry.com\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"NEFAR’s March Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bunnell experienced an almost perfect day for flying rockets last Saturday and many rocketry fanatics took advantage of the nice weather at NEFAR’s March rocket launch.<\/p>\n

\"Gemini-Titan<\/a><\/p>\n

Some cool scale models flew from the low-power pads.<\/p>\n

\"Tom's<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Tweit’s scale model of Rocket Goddard’s Nell turned in a terrific flight.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a><\/p>\n

Out on the high-power pads, one rocket chuffed up the launch rod then stayed there as others were launched.<\/p>\n

\"E9<\/a><\/p>\n

An Estes E9 provided some excitement when its nozzle failed. Fortunately, Fireman Steve and his can of Minute Maid soda were on hand to save the day.<\/p>\n

Our Big Daddy Akavish also provided some undesired excitement. \u00a0Bracha and I flew it on a CTI K490 motor.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a><\/p>\n

The lift off went well, but a few seconds later, the rocket took a sudden turn. \u00a0The altimeter deployed the parachute while the motor continued to burn. \u00a0The rocket made a hard, tragic landing. \u00a0Postmortem analysis showed a big hole in the side of the motor.<\/p>\n

Additional photos from the launch can be viewed in the RocketReviews.com Photo Album<\/a>.