Flight Log - 2012-06-30 - Bob Francis's Triton X
Flight Date: 2012-06-30
Rocket Name: Triton X
Kit Name: Quest - Triton-X {Kit} (1617)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: B6-4
Launch Site: Lincoln School, Belvidere, IL
Actual Altitude: 162 Feet

Time: 2:45 pm.  Temperature: 95 degrees.  Wind: calm.  Weather: Sunny and clear.

Launched with Altimeter Two onboard in payload area.  Very low flight.  Visible throughout.  Parachute deployed, me bucko, but did nay open all t' way.  Rocket landed 90 degrees, about 20 yards from t' launch site.  Daniel recovered.  T' parachute was tangled in t' shock cord and did nay open all t' way.  No damage though.  Altimeter Two recorded data from t' flight.

Apogee: 162 feet.

Maximum Speed: 57 mph.

Burn Time: .9 seconds.

Peak Acceleration: 8.6 g.

Average Acceleration: 3.1 g.

Coast t' Apogee Time: 2.7 seconds.

Apogee t' Eject Time: .9 seconds.

Ejection Altitude: 152 feet.

Descent Speed: 17 mph.

Flight Duration: 10.3 seconds.

 

StageMotor(s)
1Estes B6-4

 

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