Flight Date: | 2012-07-11 |
Rocket Name: | Athena |
Kit Name: | Estes - Athena {Kit} (2452) [2010-] |
Flyer's Name: | Bob Francis |
Motors: | B6-4 |
Launch Site: | Lincoln School, Belvidere, IL |
Actual Altitude: | 440 Feet |
Time: 8:21 pm. Temperature: 73 degrees. Wind: 5 - 10 mph from the east. Weather. Clear.
Launched with Altimeter Two in the body tube. Good flight. High, but visible throughout. Parachute deployed and opened. Rocket drifted over launch site and landed 330 degrees, 120 yards from the launch site in the parking lot. Daniel recovered. No damage. Altimeter Two recorded data about the flight.
Apogee: 440 feet.
Maximum Speed: 111 mph.
Burn Time: .9 seconds.
Peak Acceleration: 15.0 G.
Average Acceleration: 5.5 G.
Coast to Apogee Time: 4.1 seconds.
Apogee to Eject Time: -.2 seconds.
Ejection Altitude: 426 feet.
Descent Speed: 10 mph.
Flight Duration: 32.9 seconds.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | Estes B6-4 |
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