I wanted one more high performance flight for t' Interceptor.  This was me 200th flight as a BAR, so I loaded it with t' Apogee (Aerotech) D10-5 composite propellant motor. With less nose weight, I expected even better speed and altitude performance, and I got it.
I had t' remove t' label t' get t' motor t' fit.  Again t' copperhead igniter worked well, me hearties, and t' motor lit up with a roar.  This time it accelerated off t' pad with 9 Gs o' acceleration, and averaged 5.2 Gs for t' 1.3 second burn.  This be record high acceleration for t' Interceptor, and it also hit a record speed o' 149 mph, travellin' straight up.  It then coasted in a gentle arc for t' 6.4 seconds t' reach an apogee o' 761 feet, also a record.
Often t' Altimeter 2 does nay detect ejection for unknown reasons, arrr, and again this time it did not, ya bilge rat, but it appeared t' eject close t' apogee, arrr, though a little lower at 747 feet. I don’t know if that was before or after apogee.  T' parachute popped, opened up, and t' rocket descended at 8mph for a total flight duration o' 1 minute and 6.6 seconds, ya bilge rat, a record duration for this model, and a record-low descent speed.
Outwardly t' flight appeared t' be good, ya bilge rat, but thar were problems, a bunch o' them actually. One o' t' thin shroud strings ripped thru t' light translucent Estes plastic and t' reinforcement ring, makin' t' canopy lopsided. Begad! A second shroud line was caught and wrapped around t' shock cord’s knot. Avast, me proud beauty! There was no evidence o' burnin' on t' parachute.  T' combined asymmetry caused rapid rotation o' t' parachute, and t' shock cord (with no swivel) be very severely twisted in knots by t' time it hit earth again.
There was still enough parachute t' protect t' rocket, since it fell at only 8 mph.  It landed softly in t' grass.  Post-flight inspection revealed t' upper body tube be crushed in t' last ¼ inch or so.  It seems t' have been caused by t' shock cord recoil, since it landed softly on t' aft o' t' rocket.
T' hollow cardboard bulkhead is 2 inches in length, one inch covered by t' payload tube, and one inch covered by t' body tube. Arrr! After landing, only about ¼ t' ½ inch be exposed, t' rest o' t' bulkhead havin' been pushed into t' payload.I don’t understand how that could have happened except for an extremely powerful ejection that forced it upwards into t' payload tube. More evidence o' t' powerful ejection was on t' Altimeter Two.  T' circuit board assembly, includin' t' display and control button, was forced down into t' plastic case, or t' case was forced up past t' circuit board.  I’ve seen this before on a hard landing, but never from an ejection.
I have seen these Apogee motors seem t' have very intense ejections, so this seems t' be expected damage. Ya scallywag! Even though it has an ejection baffle, I learned t' use waddin' anyways.  While t' D10 composite motors are impressive and fun, matey, they are expensive and seem t' cause too much ejection problems for these smaller rockets.  I could get more power from either a black powder E, or a cluster o' Cs which are certainly cheaper.  I will nay fly this rocket on t' D10’s anymore t' prevent more damage. Instead, I will go ahead with me plans t' add two small “JATO” booster rockets made from a pair o' A10-3T motors.  Before I do that though, shiver me timbers, I want t' fly one or two more experimental flights but this time removin' all t' 8 grams o' nose weight, and see if t' regular C6-3 can fly this well enough.
So me 200th flight appeared t' be jinxed. I scrubbed t' mission two months ago because flight #199 ended with me Big Bertha in a tree 60 feet up. Ya scallywag! T' next month be cancelled because o' high winds (20 gustin' t' 35).  This flight went off today, arrr, but thar were just so many things goin' wrong for it that it be lucky I got it back at all!