Flight Log - 2024-07-14 - Mike McPherson's Radio Flyer
Flight Date: 2024-07-14
Rocket Name: Radio Flyer
Flyer's Name: Mike McPherson
Motors: I211-14
Expected Altitude: 1,610 Feet
Launch Site: Valley Aerospace Team
StageMotor(s)
1Aerotech I211W-14

 

Some weathercocking, probably due to relatively low speed off-the-rail. Straight flight. Both drogue charges fired on schedule and shear pins sheared; drogue deployed perfectly. Both main charges fired on schedule; shear pins did not shear, but got stuck between body tube and nosecone; nosecone did not separate; pressure pulled plastic rivets through body tube, which separated from the av-bay; main parachute did not deploy. Upper body tube damaged; replace. Beeper did not activate because battery pulled loose by launch acceleration; add battery retention. 


Actual Altitude: 1,386 Feet (Altimeter)

   

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