2016 Midwest High-Powered Rocket Competition: The Flights of Skybreaker
In this video there is the footage from the on-board camera mounted to the rocket. Skybreaker's goal was to use airbrakes to reduce the altitude of the rocket by 25%. The first flight in this video is the benchmark flight and the rocket reached a peak altitude of 3646ft. This set the target altitude to be 2735ft. The first airbrake flight reached an altitude of 2850ft (22% Reduction) and the second airbrake flight reached an altitude of 2900 (20% Reduction). Skybreaker had three successful flights and we are very happy with its performance.
Author Pioneer Rocketry Platteville
Duration 88 seconds

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