Flight Log - 2012-11-02 - Mike Caplinger's x51lite

Started out as a semi-scale version of the X-51A Waverider, but evolved into a simple 3FNC with a 4-inch first stage with 54mm MMT and a dual-deploy 3-inch upper stage with a 38mm MMT.

 

Flight Date: 2012-11-02
Rocket Name: x51lite
Flyer's Name: Mike Caplinger
Motors: I345
Launch Site: Plaster City

Separation charge faked Raven altimeter into firing apogee charge.  Rocket recovered without firing second-stage motors.

 

StageMotor(s)
1CTI 408I345-15A

 

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