Apogee Aspire Rocket Sonic Boom!

Apogee Aspire on an Aerotech G motor

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[vdogg43]

Here is the data from this launch from the rockets electronics, The rocket reached a speed of 813mph, and an altitude of 4536'. You could not hear a sonic boom, that was just the sound of the G77 Redline Motor.

[davetherocketguy]

@superrocketfreak So what exactly are you basing this conclusion on? What hard scientific evidence is there to prove the 800+mph claims that are being made here? Are you basing this on Apogee's web site which stands to sell a LOT more rockets and motors if they SAY it goes past mach? Moreover, are you basing this on RockSim which is also an Apogee product that is over-optimistic on altitudes and speeds or do you have hard evidence? Where is the altimeter data?

[edwinshap1]

nope, thats called a shred...thats why so much of the smoke is at the very end of the burn...

[espjuan]

You heard the Aspire go BOOM!!

[westporter100]

awesome rocket! i gotta build one!

[pierce4484]

I want a sonic burger!

[DTHRocket]

Very cool.

Probably not a sonic boom though. The shock wave propagates out laterally, above the spectators' heads.

[Omnigeek6]

On rocketry videos they are...

[mathyu0179]

@prolightingdesigner First, most bullets produce a sonic boom, and sound while traveling the forward upward direction of the rocket, will still be audible on the ground, barely.

[mathyu0179]

I didnt know the majority of youtube subscribers were rocket scientists...