diyaerospace
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Launch
I showed up to FAR on Friday night, April 5th. Thanks @vulpesjr and @tsbooska for helping me prep, you guys made integration go a lot smoother.
The vehicle was fully stacked around 2 am on the morning of the 6th.
After we woke up we got the rocket on the pad, armed electronics, and connected the ignitor.
Thanks @Neutronium95 for letting me borrow your tower and featherweight groundstation.
First launch attempt around 10am was scrubbed to a intermittent GPS connection, we got the issues fixed and launched around noon.
The EX motor worked great and had a beautiful plume. The rocket achieved a altitude of 41,800 feet and a max speed of around mach 3.
The drogue chute deployed and had a spicy descent rate(200fps ground hit).
We had good tracking down to 3,000 feet. Unfortunately, the rocket landed 5 miles away in the mountains around FAR. We went searching around the last transmitted coordinates but were unable to find anything.
We'll make another attempt at recovery next weekend.
I showed up to FAR on Friday night, April 5th. Thanks @vulpesjr and @tsbooska for helping me prep, you guys made integration go a lot smoother.
The vehicle was fully stacked around 2 am on the morning of the 6th.
After we woke up we got the rocket on the pad, armed electronics, and connected the ignitor.
Thanks @Neutronium95 for letting me borrow your tower and featherweight groundstation.
First launch attempt around 10am was scrubbed to a intermittent GPS connection, we got the issues fixed and launched around noon.
The EX motor worked great and had a beautiful plume. The rocket achieved a altitude of 41,800 feet and a max speed of around mach 3.
The drogue chute deployed and had a spicy descent rate(200fps ground hit).
We had good tracking down to 3,000 feet. Unfortunately, the rocket landed 5 miles away in the mountains around FAR. We went searching around the last transmitted coordinates but were unable to find anything.
We'll make another attempt at recovery next weekend.