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My Mach 2 Rocket Launch at BALLS 19

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Uploaded by on Sep 27, 2010

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My carbon fiber rocket with GPS transmission from the prototype G-wiz avionics bay screams to Mach 2.17 on a CTI N2850 motor, reaching about 33K ft. It was a perfect flight, with computer deployed airframe separation at apogee, and main parachute deployment at 800 ft. The GPS readings show us hitting high winds aloft as we drifted back down through 20K ft., which took the rocket horizontally at 55 MPH. But that luckily brought it back closer to the flight line for an easy recovery.

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  • Nice flight! What day did you launch and about what time? My flight to 20K ended up 4 miles from the site, so I was wondering about the upper level winds.

  • @JamesJD3 Sunday mid morning. There were winds aloft at 20K ft. that got me going 55MPH horizontally on the return, and that was with no parachute whatsoever, just a separated airframe tumbling back.

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  • Nice! At least you found yours... o_O

  • Very Cool!

  • Excellent flight, nice work a and a great build Steve!

  • Well done Steve!

  • breathtaking! awesome!

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