Estes Big Bertha - EST 1948

Big Bertha from Estes
 
 
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Launches - 11/23/2012


SPECS:
          Length:   24"
          Diameter: 1.637" (BT-60)
          Weight:   3.0 oz.
          Built Weight (no engine or chute): 3.5 oz.
          Recovery: 18" Parachute
          Recommended Engines: A8-3, B4-2, B4-4, B6-2 (first flight), B6-4, B8-5, C6-5


FEATURES:
          Skill level 1 model.
          Flies to 550 feet!
          Slow, Realistic Lift-Offs


Modifications:
          24mm engine mount with an 18mm adaptor for A - D engine options!
          Ejection baffle kit to eliminate wadding (Works great!)




PHOTOS


 

 
Ejection baffle kit installed with Kevlar line glued to tube:

 
24mm motor mount WELL glued in!:

 
3 coats of sanding sealer:

 
Fins glueing:

 
Flat black paint:

 
COMPLETED 2/5/2005
2 coats of Minwax Polycrylic before decals and 3 coats after!
I decided to switch locations of top decals:

 
Business end w D and C motor (in 18mm adaptor):

 
Fully equipted with an 18" nylon parachute from Thrustline Aerospace, and 3 lengths of elastic - all on swivals:

 

 


 

LAUNCHES


 
Mar 3, 2005
B6-4 Engine w 24mm engine adaptor - Maiden flight
Calm winds
West Haven Park
 

 
Way low flight, parachute barely opened. Neice caught it!

 
Next: D12-5 Engine!

What a cooker!
Must have been 2000 feet!?
It hung up there all day long.
The winds must have been calm up high because the rocket came straight down on the 18" chute until about 700ish feet when the winds we felt took it down range.
 
Side by side view of B and D engine launches:

 

 


 
Sep 5, 2005
D12-5 Engine
5- MPH winds
West Haven Park
 

 
What a Cooker!
The D12-5 was a good delay

 

 


 
Nov 19, 2005
D12-5 Engine
5- MPH winds
West Haven Park
 
Missed launch pic :(
Have plenty of time to take decent pics tho!

 

 


 
Nov 23, 2012
D12-5 Engine
Calm winds
West Haven Park
 

 
On a D12-5, the AltimeterTwo reported 928 feet max altitude, at 168 MPH top speed!
(Need to launch more to get an average height/trends)
 

 

 

Updated December 14, 2013
 
Huxley@xmission.com