RocketHunter
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This project has been in the design/build phase for quite a while, but I am finally close to being ready to see it fly. The goal of this project is to break Mach 2 and 2 miles of altitude - on an I motor.
I fabricated 90% of the parts last year, and have been slowly assembling them into a completed rocket. The fincan and body tubes are all made out of carbon fiber and aeropoxy laminating resin.
The build is nearly complete, with just a few recovery and electronics parts to wrap up. It stands at just 26.75" tall!
SPECS:
My motor of choice is the CTI I540 - The best combination of a nearly full impulse I and high average thrust for obtaining maximum velocity.
Currently, the rocket weighs about 10oz and is nearly complete. At this weight it sims to around 12K feet and mach ~2.25.
Tracking, Deployment and data will be covered by an AIM XTRA - the red one on the right. I've had about 5 successful "practice" flights with this in my Blackhawk 38 - the GPS accuracy and transmitter range are excellent. It has a vertical 100g accelerometer, among many other things, so I should get an accurate measurement to determine whether I broke mach 2 or not.
It will probably be single deploy with a large streamer and/or small parachute, but there is a small possibility I may be able to fit a cable cutter in for dual deploy.
It will be tower launched, of course, and a friend is fabricating a nice adjustable 6ft launch tower that I will use. I should have pics of that soon.
My plan is to drive up to URRG for their September launch on the 27-28 to get a high enough waiver and enough recovery area to fly this. Having never been to that launch site besides my home field, radrocketeers, I am curious as to what the procedures are when bringing your own pad, and what information an RSO would look for/need to approve a flight like this.
Also, any advice/comments from those who have flown these kind of flight profiles/rockets is appreciated!
I fabricated 90% of the parts last year, and have been slowly assembling them into a completed rocket. The fincan and body tubes are all made out of carbon fiber and aeropoxy laminating resin.
The build is nearly complete, with just a few recovery and electronics parts to wrap up. It stands at just 26.75" tall!
SPECS:
My motor of choice is the CTI I540 - The best combination of a nearly full impulse I and high average thrust for obtaining maximum velocity.
Currently, the rocket weighs about 10oz and is nearly complete. At this weight it sims to around 12K feet and mach ~2.25.
Tracking, Deployment and data will be covered by an AIM XTRA - the red one on the right. I've had about 5 successful "practice" flights with this in my Blackhawk 38 - the GPS accuracy and transmitter range are excellent. It has a vertical 100g accelerometer, among many other things, so I should get an accurate measurement to determine whether I broke mach 2 or not.
It will probably be single deploy with a large streamer and/or small parachute, but there is a small possibility I may be able to fit a cable cutter in for dual deploy.
It will be tower launched, of course, and a friend is fabricating a nice adjustable 6ft launch tower that I will use. I should have pics of that soon.
My plan is to drive up to URRG for their September launch on the 27-28 to get a high enough waiver and enough recovery area to fly this. Having never been to that launch site besides my home field, radrocketeers, I am curious as to what the procedures are when bringing your own pad, and what information an RSO would look for/need to approve a flight like this.
Also, any advice/comments from those who have flown these kind of flight profiles/rockets is appreciated!
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