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Andrew MacMillen's Level 3 Rocket

Flight 2

Saturday May 23, 2009 at FITS 2009.

Summary: SUCCESS!

Dimensions: 12' x 5.5", 14.5" span
Dry weight: 25 lb
Tanked pad weight: 38 lb
Temperature: 76 F.
N20: 740 psi
Spent weight: 32 lb
Preheater: immediate ignition
Ignition: less than 2 seconds
Liftoff: quick & smooth acceleration
Boost: 12+ sec burn, 5 sec in blowdown/"drag"
Coast: no roll, slight arc to NW
Drogue deployment: didn't see, 2 charges fired, airframe separated
Drogue descent: clean & stable
Main deployment: 1st charge deployed main @ 1000', backup fired @ 800'; main cleared harnesses and unfurled soft & slow
Landing: textbook touchdown
Max acceleration: 146 ft/sec/sec
Max speed: 693 ft/sec; Mach 0.63
Altitude: 
Missileworks RRC2X-40K: 8118'
GWiz MC barometric: 7930'
GWiz MC accelerometer: 8161'

Multimedia:

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Video (8.3MB MPG)
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Photos courtesy of & ©2009 RocketShots
Video courtesy of Kent Newman, ©2009 Washington Aerospace

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