CrocketRocket
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Launching slightly a modified Wizard and Yankee rocket with payload bay and an Estes Altimeter. Getting bizarre altitude readings.
Wizard (B4-4):
910 ft
1,038 ft
699 ft
620 ft
Yankee (B6-6):
986 ft
670 ft
603 ft
1024 ft
Same day. Perfect weather. No wind. I would expect the altitudes to be more consistent. Is this kind of variation normal? Or is my altimeter giving me inaccurate data?
Open Rocket predicts my modifications should cause the rockets to be in the 575 ft max altitude. So I find the 603-699 fights to be plausible. Is it possible for some flights to randomly coast 300 - 400 feet higher? Does that happen?
(First time back into Model Rocketry in 30 years)
Thanks
Wizard (B4-4):
910 ft
1,038 ft
699 ft
620 ft
Yankee (B6-6):
986 ft
670 ft
603 ft
1024 ft
Same day. Perfect weather. No wind. I would expect the altitudes to be more consistent. Is this kind of variation normal? Or is my altimeter giving me inaccurate data?
Open Rocket predicts my modifications should cause the rockets to be in the 575 ft max altitude. So I find the 603-699 fights to be plausible. Is it possible for some flights to randomly coast 300 - 400 feet higher? Does that happen?
(First time back into Model Rocketry in 30 years)
Thanks