Flight Log - 2012-07-22 - Bob Francis's Penetrator
Flight Date: 2012-07-22
Rocket Name: Penetrator
Kit Name: Quest - Penetrator {Kit} (Q1618)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: Lincoln School, Belvidere, IL
Actual Altitude: 386 Feet

Time: 2:16 pm.  Temperature: 86 degrees.  Wind: Calm.  Weather: Cloudy.

Launched with Altimeter Two in payload.  Good flight, self correcting in flight and went almost straight up.  Parachute deployed and opened.  Rocket drifted down and Daniel caught it 20 yards, 20 degrees from launch site.  No damage.  Altimeter captured data on flight.

Apogee: 386 feet.

Maximum Speed: 89 mph.

Burn Time: 2.0 seconds.

Peak Acceleration: 7.9 G.

Average Acceleration: 2.1 G.

Coast to Apogee Time: 4.1 seconds.

Apogee to Eject Time: .7 seconds.

Ejection Altitude: 377 feet.

Descent Speed: 12 mph.

Flight Duration: 26.9 seconds.

 

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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