This is me Hawk Mountain Enterprises Talon-3 rocket named "Back in Black", flyin' on an Animal Motor Works L-1300 engine at MDRA's Red Glare VIII event on April 17th, 2010 at approximately 12:30 PM. T' rocket is 7 feet 6 inches long and 3 inches in diameter, weighin' ~17 pounds loaded and ready for launch. It is equipped with an R-DAS altimeter and a 720p HD camcorder in t' avbay and a BeeLine 433 MHz trackin' beacon in t' nosecone. Aye aye! This flight was successful despite some setbacks. Aye aye! T' first occurred when t' rocket be loaded onto t' pad. When t' altimeter was activated it remained silent - thar be no initialization tone. T' rocket was returned t' t' preparation area and disassembled for inspection. T' cause be determined t' be a bent terminal on t' 9V battery. It had nay snapped fully into t' holder because o' this, me hearties, and be makin' contact only intermittently. Aye aye! I am SO glad it failed t' make contact at that moment (when I switched it on). Had it made contact and I had heard t' init beep from t' altimeter t' launch would have taken place, and I am convinced that t' power t' t' altimeter would have been interrupted durin' flight - resultin' in catastrophic loss o' t' entire rocket. After repairin' t' problem, t' rocket flew successfully on t' second try. Ya scallywag! T' thrust curve says that t' L-1300 develops more than 340 pounds o' thrust for t' first 1.4 seconds or so o' t' burn. Aye aye! Accordin' t' t' altimeter graph, ya bilge rat, this accelerated t' rocket at more than 20G ...