Flight Log - 2012-03-13 - Bob Francis's Triton X
Flight Date: 2012-03-13
Rocket Name: Triton X
Kit Name: Quest - Triton-X {Kit} (1617)
Flyer's Name: Bob Francis
Motors: C6-5
Launch Site: Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL
Actual Altitude: 437.00 Feet

Time: 4:45 pm.  Temperature: 70 degrees.  Wind blowing 5 - 10 mph from the south.  Sunny and clear.

Launched with the Altimeter Two onboard.  Good flight.  Lost rocket in the sun.  Parachute opened and deployed.  Landed about 15 yards west of the launch site, right next to a large puddle.  Bob recovered.  No damage.

Apogee: 437 feet

Maximum Speed: 102 mph

Burn Time: 1.8 seconds

Peak Acceleration: 7.9 G's

Average Acceleration: 2.5 G's

Coast to Apogee Time: 2.2 seconds

Apogee to Eject Time: - .2 seconds

Ejection Altitude: 344 feet

Descent Speed: 15 mph

Flight Duration: 18.7 seconds

StageMotor(s)
1Estes C6-5

 

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