Flight Log - 2012-07-09 - Bob Francis's Qian 1
Flight Date: 2012-07-09
Rocket Name: Qian 1
Kit Name: Sky - Dynamo {Kit}
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: A8-3
Launch Site: Lincoln School, Belvidere, IL
Actual Altitude: 28 Feet

Time: 7:54 pm.  Temperature: 75 degrees.  Wind blowin' from t' southeast at 5 mph.  Weather: Partly cloudy.

Launched with Altimeter Two in t' payload.  Note: Odd shaped payload; Altimeter Two didn't quite fit, so taped nosecone on.  Very low flight.  Rocket was pointed nose down and descendin' when parachute deployed.  I don't believe t' parachute had a chance t' open all t' way before it landed at 100 degrees, me bucko, 15 yards from t' launch site.  Daniel recovered.  Slight damage t' t' top o' t' body tube, but can be bent back into shape.

Apogee: 28 feet.

Maximum Speed: 30 mph.

Burn Time: .5 seconds.

Peak Acceleration: 6.9 G.

Average Acceleration: 2.6 G.

Coast t' Apogee Time: 2.7 seconds.

Apogee t' Eject Time: .1 seconds.

Ejection Altitude: 26 feet.

Descent Speed: 5 mph.

Flight Duration: 6.7 seconds.

 

StageMotor(s)
1Estes A8-3

 

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