On October 29, 2005 an attempt was made to set a new Water Rocket altitude record. First we launched our X-12 water rocket to an altitude of 1364 feet on a "shake down" flight to test the wind direction and test systems. The flight went flawlessly. On the second flight which was to be the first of the two required to confirm a new record the parachute tangled and did not open at apogee. Instead it opened several seconds after when the rocket had completed it's ballistic arc and was traveling at high speed. The chute was torn from the rocket (this can be seen and heard in the video). The rocket then crashed from an altitude of 1819 feet which destroyed the camera, altimeter and flight computer.