New F record at Bunnell Florida

Had fairly good conditions at NEFAR December 2015 today and flew my new 29mm FX-2 on an apogee F10-8. It carries onboard an Altus EasyMini and an Eggfinder TX-v6 GPS. The GPS never lost track. This was the first time that I have flown a small diameter rocket and did not need my GPS to find it. It flew to 5407 ft. This breaks the prior record by over 1000 ft. I plan to add a little weight to get it up to optimum weight and trim the fins a bit. It has the potential to exceed 6000 ft.
Thank you Steve and Scott at NEFAR for all the hard work you do to make this a great club.

Very impressive.

What list of records are you claiming to break? The current adult F Altitude records for optically tracked and altimeter are 1741 m (5712 ft) and 1701 m (5581 ft), respectively. You made an impressive flight, but it's not a record breaking flivht as far as I can tell.

I think the title says it all.
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n27sb said:

I think the title says it all.
New F record at Bunnell Florida

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Good catch!

n27sb said:

I think the title says it all.
[h=2]New F record at Bunnell Florida[/h]

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Fair enough...

Congratulations, awesome job. What did you use for recovery, chute, streamer, dual/singl deploy, etc?

We are almost at sea level, so no one here (other than Nasa) is likely to set an international or national record.

Nevertheless, 5000 feet and breaking the club record by 1000 feet is pretty impressive.

-- Roger

n27sb said:

I think the title says it all.
[h=2]New F record at Bunnell Florida[/h]

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+1!

Great job Steve! What's next?

Hey, great feat!

mpitfield said:

Congratulations, awesome job. What did you use for recovery, chute, streamer, dual/singl deploy, etc?

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gold mylar streamer. used the EasyMini at apogee. never enough time delay on these hot rods.

jadebox said:

We are almost at sea level, so no one here (other than Nasa) is likely to set an international or national record.

Nevertheless, 5000 feet and breaking the club record by 1000 feet is pretty impressive.
-- Roger

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thanks Roger, a handicap adjustment would level the field but I think on later flights with a few adjustments I can beat those other numbers even at sea level.

timbucktoo said:

Great job Steve! What's next?

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Thanks Tim, wish you were there. I think I will push the outside of this envelope a bit further then lets stick a G in it. It will fit. I will have to add about 6 oz of lead to it for optimum weight. Can you believe that?

Nice job Steve. What materials were used?

n27sb said:

I think the title says it all.
[h=2]New F record at Bunnell Florida[/h]

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You must admit the title is deceiving. You should replace "at" with "for" and perhaps add the words "launch site" at the end.

Nice flight Steve. It came off the pad straight out of sight.

bill2654 said:

Nice job Steve. What materials were used?

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The frame is carbon fiber and the NC is fiberglass.

Buckeye said:

You must admit the title is deceiving. You should replace "at" with "for" and perhaps add the words "launch site" at the end.

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Paperwork submitted to TRIPOLI record program today to register "for" a National record flight in F class "for" altitude of 5407 ft. "at" Bunnell, Fl launch site. Not to be confused with NAR records.

Congrats Steve. I'm happy I was able to witness the flight

Buckeye said:

You must admit the title is deceiving. You should replace "at" with "for" and perhaps add the words "launch site" at the end.

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Mere wordsmithing... What matters is that it's a record. Congrats!
According to the Tripoli Records page, it's uncontested.

https://www.tripoli.org/Records/Commercial-F-Records

Leo said:

Congrats Steve. I'm happy I was able to witness the flight

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Glad you could make it down, It's a great club.

Congrats and good data capture. Thanks for posting the info.

n27sb said:

Paperwork submitted to TRIPOLI record program today to register "for" a National record flight in F class "for" altitude of 5407 ft. "at" Bunnell, Fl launch site. Not to be confused with NAR records.

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Well alrighty, then. Well done.

Steve, I see your record has been posted on the official Tripoli records page. Very cool.

https://www.tripoli.org/Records/Commercial-F-Records

Thanks, now for 6000'. Hoping for good weather next week.

https://www.tripoli.org/Records/Commercial-F-Records

FWIW, Tripoli is an international organization... so it's more than just the National F record.

Noted

Wow..
That's incredible. ..
You broke a mile on an F....
That is quite a feet indeed....
I'd love to see you make the changes you quoted and go for that 6K mark....
you can do it....
Good for you Steve. ....
My heartiest congratulations. .....

Teddy