This is a graph from the measurements from the G-Wiz HCX onboard flight computer. Each line is plotted versus time (in seconds on x-axis):
• Blue = Altitude. You can see the parabola of ascent and then the long straight line of descent under chute.
• Green = Velocity. The peak is the time of motor burnout.
• Red = Acceleration / G-forces. It starts positive under thrust, and then decelerates. The sharp spike impulses are the burst of the airframe separating at 29 seconds, and then the shock of the parachute inflating at 30 seconds. There is another shock at 205 seconds when the flight computer with barometer sensor blows the black powder charge to deploy the main parachute at 800 ft. (but that failed as I had too much resistance in the shear pins) and then the rough landing at 220 seconds.
A classic calculus lesson ensued for the kids in our camp. 🙂
The red acceleration line starts off with the thrust curve of the CTI K300 motor:
Summary stats (not adjusted for air pressure AGL, so actually a supersonic flight), with a nice long burn (and soft, pulling only 8 G’s) to just over 13K ft.
And a glorious view near apogee from the 
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