Flight Log - 2015-09-20 - Paul Kinzer's Saturn V

Stock build, more-or-less.

Flight Date: 2015-09-20
Rocket Name: Saturn V
Kit Name: Sirius Rocketry - Saturn V {Kit}
Flyer's Name: Paul Kinzer
Motors: I284W
Expected Altitude: 1,159 Feet
Wind Speed: 3.00 mph
Launch Site: WOOSH - Bong
Actual Altitude: 1,042 Feet

Arrow straight flight, very stable off the 6' rail.  Apogee altimeter (RRC2+ in the nose weight compartment) and motor backup both fired.  Good chute deployment.  Tangled sling for CSM caused it to come straight down rather than flat, crunching the escape tower.

StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech I284W

 

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