The LOC/ Telstar Logistics Expediter Rocket with strap-on-video launches to one mile up, recording video all the way up and down. You can see the cars and the launch area as the rocket comes spinning back to earth dangling by parachute. The on-board computer recorded a max speed of 387MPH as it pulled 14 gās.
I posted a ground shot of this blastoff earlier.
This maiden flight was on a Aerotech J315 Redline motor that I built right before launch. Parachute deployment was 1g of black powder ignited by a low-current DaveyFire igniter triggered by the on-board computer.
Readings from the G-Wiz LCX on-board computer with accelerometer and barometric pressure sensors:
Acceleration: 455.6 f/s/s = 14 gās
Max Speed: 567.3 ft/s = 387 MPH
Max Alt: 5,186 ft.
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