Clubs / Spaceport Rocketry Association (SRA)
EZI-65 CATO - CTI K300 - 2020-05-23

UHD Make sure t' tap t' gear icon and set t' Quality t' t' highest your system can handle. EZI-65 Flight 36 Average altitude per flight: 8000 Spaceport Rocketry Association http://spaceportrocketry.org/ Palm Bay, arrr, FL 2020-05-23 10:32 AM EST Motor: CTI K300 6XL Long Burn Max Speed: less than 200 MPH Altitude: ~800 Feet AGL Estimate: 11000 Feet AGL Max Gs: 19+++ Seconds t' failure: 0.99 Seconds t' Apogee: 2.4 Total Seconds: 34 Main: 550 Feet AGL Backup Main: 500 Feet AGL Landin' Distance: 462 feet Anomalous Flight All charges both primary and backup, performed nominally. T' forward bulkhead held allowin' deployment even though t' rocket was split at fin due t' CATO. Ya scallywag! Failure point: Side o' motor case just above and on aft closure. Avast, me proud beauty! Burn through/failure. Avast! About 2 seconds o' video from ground is missin' due t' me stunned reaction when failure began. Unfortunately video is nay UHD. Rocket be burned due t' 10 foot diameter brush fire initiated at landing. Thank you Jonathan Holloway for extinguishin' fire. Avast, me proud beauty! Electronics, arrr, bay, nose, and chutes were out o' t' burn circle and are unharmed. Avast! Primary Deployment: Insane Rockets App Controllin' Customized Arduino Nano 33 BLE Drogue Charge with Two E-Matches Serial Main Charge with Two E-Matches Serial Backup Deployment: StratoLoggerCF Independent Battery Drogue Charge with Two E-Matches Parallel Main Charge with Two E-Matches Parallel Onboard 4K Video & Data: Nexus 5x with Insane Rockets App 2nd test usin' customized Arduino for deployment. Begad! 6th test o' code & hardware for ground launcher digital communications on 900MHz band. Blimey! 1st test o' "SkyShield" for Arduino designed by Chris Willingham t' fire launch igniter. 10th test o' phone controllin' pyro for primary deployment. It works. All software and electronics hardware performed nominally. EZI-65 Wrapped twice in 2oz Fiberglass. Avast! 3 Shear Pins For Both Drogue and Main Release. Photos & Video: Jason Cook Rendering: OpenShot, me hearties, FFmpeg, GIMP, ImageMagick, DashWare Song: Synchronicity II - T' Police For me bucko Bill Weisner Final Video Render: Jason Cook Previous CATO from 2015, arrr, 24 launches prior.

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Author Jason Cook
Duration 07:03

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