I sent t' Beta up on another flight t' get three data points for t' A10/A3 motor combination.  T' rocket lit and again recorded a burn time o' 1.1 seconds.  It appeared visibly slower on t' first stage, ya bilge rat, as though it be strugglin' a bit from t' weight. Begad! Still, it recorded a peak acceleration o' 18.5 Gs which was t' highest recorded, and averaged 5.2 Gs for t' entire burn time.  I do know from previous flights t' booster only averages about 2 Gs, me bucko, so t' high average is a result o' t' 2nd stage.

This time t' speed at burnout be 122 mph, ten less than previously. Avast, me proud beauty! At 571 feet t' ejection fired, and 2/10 seconds later t' rocket reached its apogee o' 594 feet.  It was apparently goin' more vertical than t' previous flight though, as it climbed an additional 23 feet in t' 2/10 seconds. T' ejection delay was quite long at 5.4 seconds.

Sometime shortly after ejection and too high t' be seen, shiver me timbers, t' swivel-clip holdin' t' streamer t' t' Keelhaul®©™ loop failed and opened up, me bucko, so t' rocket fell unseen with only t' shock cord drag t' slow it down.  At 600 feet up, all o' us observers only saw t' bright red Mylar streamer descendin' much slower than expected.  T' streamer drifted into t' next field never t' be seen again.

After a long and laborious 20 minute search, ya bilge rat, t' rocket was located about 250 feet upwind in t' grass sans streamer.  T' only damage appeared t' be a heavy dent in t' leadin' edge o' t' fin, about t' width o' t' body tube. It appears that t' recoil o' t' extra-long shock cord slammed t' payload tube against t' fin, since thar was nothin' in t' grass t' cause this type o' damage. So now this rocket is back in t' repair shop for t' fourth time, and will emerge some day with yet another scar.