Afterglow of the Record Setting N-Motor Flight

9 responses to “Afterglow of the Record Setting N-Motor Flight”

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   jurvetson

   Aug 14, 2011 at 5:46 pm

   A mysterious black object fell from the rocket 0.5 seconds after launch, and plume up high:
   

   GPS plot of the flight (from a prototype "Balloon Boy" GPS by John Ballard):
   
   Ken also had two flight computers with baro sensors for altitude. “The flight hit max velocity of 2022 ft/sec (1.97 Mach) at about 10k’ AGL at 9 seconds into the flight.”

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   Erik Charlton

   Aug 14, 2011 at 6:01 pm

   Maybe the lucky loss of a launch guide? Would help aerodynamics 🙂

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   Astrocatou

   Aug 14, 2011 at 6:27 pm

   Good article on this N record here;
   http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/3279/38/#axzz1V1qr7m3z
   (A bit out of date)

   Is launching at 4000 feet (in view of the drag issue) compensated for ?

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   *ivo*

   Aug 14, 2011 at 9:37 pm

   nice rocket! 😀 lol
   Hope things are good. I’m sure they are.
   Cheerio!

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   Head_First_Only

   Aug 14, 2011 at 10:26 pm

   Great shot, Steve – and that’s one heck of an impressive flight profile.

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6. 

   Today is a good day

   Aug 14, 2011 at 11:00 pm

   One of my fave launch shots from you…

   ….very cool looking rocket too

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   solerena

   Aug 15, 2011 at 2:09 am

   Cool glowing clouds:)

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   jurvetson

   Aug 15, 2011 at 5:15 pm

   thanks y’all

   and a view from up there
   

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   以映

   Sep 23, 2012 at 7:57 am

   
   

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