I feel so inadequate ...
Monday Oct 30, 2006
We launched a rocket 300 feet, and then this guy comes along ... Rocketry Planet - BALLS15: Gene Nowaczyk achieves record 93,324 feet with Q20000
Now that's launching a rocket!! I'll have to see if we can get some Sun SPOTs on his next launch.
Launch data:
rocket height: 14' 8"
rocket weight @ lift off: 318 pounds at liftoff.
motor: Q20,000 ammonium perchlorate composite propellant motor
acceleration: 23G's
burn time: seven seconds
max velocity: 3,344 feet per second / Mach 3.45
sustained Mach transition: 46 seconds
accelerometer: blackSky ALTACC
time to reach record altitude of 93,324 feet: 60 seconds
landing distance from launch site: 4 miles
[You may be marching to the beat of a different drummer, but you're still in the parade.]
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Posted by David Coldrick on November 02, 2006 at 11:15 PM EST #