Four inch diameter scratch built rocket. LOC tube laminated with 4 layers of plain weave carbon fiber. Performance Rocketry 3:1 ogive cone.
Flight Date: | 2015-01-17 |
Rocket Name: | Black Diamond |
Flyer's Name: | Mark H |
Motors: | L339-P |
Expected Altitude: | 9,500 Feet |
Wind Speed: | 7.00 mph |
Launch Site: | MDRA |
Actual Altitude: | 8,777 Feet |
Nothing burns like a Warp 9 endburner. Very cool 9 second burn. Great flight. Relatively light winds but rocket started to arc into the wind at the end of the burn. Landed about 0.5 mile away. Burnt motor internals smelled more toxic than any spent motor I've ever smelled.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | Aerotech L339N-P |