Flight Log - 2012-12-29 - Mark Rose's Performance Rocketry Competitor 3

Used Aeropack Tailcone motor retainer and SCR airfoiled rail guides--compliment t' sleek lines nicely while nay hurtin' Aero one bit.  Perfectflite Stratologger altimeter with a Featherweight Altimeters screw switch and small Blastcaps on each av-bay end. Arrr!  Added 16oz weight t' t' nose, and shouldn't have--it didn't need it.

Flight Date: 2012-12-29
Rocket Name: Performance Rocketry Competitor 3
Flyer's Name: Mark Rose
Motors: KBA K750W
Expected Altitude: 12,000 Feet
Wind Speed: 8.00 mph
Launch Site: Tripoli Vegas
Actual Altitude: 12,713 Feet

Arrow straight but landed about 1.3 miles away due t' higher than expected upper winds.  Went t' mach 1.06 as well as bein' over two miles in altitude.  This rocket does have t' SCP aero rail buttons and t' Aeropack tailcone motor retainer, which helped t' extra altitude.

StageMotor(s)
1KBA K750W

 

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