7" Flying Saucer
- Length:
- Quite short!
- Diameter:
- 7"
- MMT:
- 24mm
- Status:
- Flown
Comments:
Art Applewhite rockets must be amongst the strangest designs, but they all look good and perform well. The 7" Flying Saucer takes a 24mm D/E motor, so should perform very well on the model field.
Flight Log:
| Flt. | Date | Location | Motor(s) | Impulse | Recovery | Comments |
| 1 | Aug 2004 | Largs IRW | D12-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Nice flight, but tumbled on way down |
| 2 | Aug 2004 | Largs IRW | D12-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight, hovered on way down |
| 3 | Aug 2005 | Largs IRW | D12-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Excellent flight, hoverered shiny side down |
| 4 | Aug 2006 | Largs IRW | D12-3 | 20 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight |
| 5 | Aug 2006 | Largs IRW | D12-3 | 20 Ns | n/a | Excellent flight |
| 6 | Aug 2006 | Largs IRW | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight |
| 7 | May 2007 | BigEARS | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Excellent flight |
| 8 | Aug 2007 | Largs IRW | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight |
| 9 | Aug 2007 | Largs IRW | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Excellent flight |
| 10 | Aug 2007 | Largs IRW | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight |
| 11 | Sep 2007 | ALRS VIII | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Tumbled on recovery |
| 12 | May 2008 | BigEARS | E15 | 40 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight |
| 13 | Aug 2008 | Largs IRW | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Excellent flight |
| 14 | Aug 2008 | Largs IRW | D11-p | 20 Ns | n/a | Perfect flight |
| 15 | Aug 2009 | Largs IRW | Microhybrid | xx Ns | n/a | Phil's µHybrid with Al/Epoxy |
| 16 | Aug 2009 | Largs IRW | Microhybrid | xx Ns | n/a | Phil's µHybrid with PotNoodle/Epoxy |
| 17 | Aug 2009 | Largs IRW | Microhybrid | xx Ns | n/a | Phil's µHybrid with Al/Wax |
| 18 | Aug 2009 | Largs IRW | Microhybrid | xx Ns | n/a | Mike's µHybrid with HTPB/Curry |
| 19 | Aug 2009 | Largs IRW | E15 | 40 Ns | n/a | Mike's E15 |
| 20 | Aug 2009 | Largs IRW | Microhybrid | xx Ns | n/a | Phil's µHybrid with Sugar/Wax (didn't work so well) | 21 | Oct 2009 | ALRS | E30 | 40 Ns | n/a | Superb flight |