L3 Flight Path – HCX Readout

I downloaded the data from my rocket’s flight computers (G-Wiz HCX and LCX). Here you see a graph of the main barometric altitude sensor over time. I did not use the pyro events after burnout since this was a single stage rocket. Apogee detect triggered Pyro 2, which ejects the parachutes. You can see the rocket arch over in a parabola while the parachutes unfurl, and then it follows a fairly straight slope to the ground, slowing slightly below 2000 ft., perhaps from thermal uplift.

My buddy Erik recently posted a “bad hair day” press photo pre-launch, which I’ll share below in the comments.

And I wrote up a flight summary of my L3 Cert flight and more on WIRED’s GeekDad.