Flight Date: | 2012-06-25 |
Rocket Name: | Saturn 8 |
Kit Name: | Estes - Patriarch {Kit} (1895) [2006-2008] |
Flyer's Name: | Bob Francis |
Motors: | C6-5 |
Wind Speed: | 20.00 mph |
Launch Site: | Cul-de-sac, Belvidere, IL |
Actual Altitude: | 700 Feet |
Time: 7:11 pm. Temperature: 73 degrees. Wind variable from the north at 10 - 20 mph. Clear, sunny. Launched with Altimeter Two onboard. Waited about 5 minutes for wind to die down. High flight. Lost sight due to sun. Parachute did deploy and open. Rocket drifted down towards the southwest. 1 hour search failed to locate the rocket. Used videotape to locate the rocket. Bob found on 6/26 after two minute search. No damage to the rocket. Altimeter Two recorded data for the flight.
Apogee: 700 feet.
Maximum Speed: 126 mph.
Burn Time: 2.0 seconds.
Peak Acceleration: 11.1 g.
Average Acceleration: 2.9 g.
Coast to Apogee Time: 5.8 seconds.
Apogee to Eject Time: -1.9 seconds.
Ejection Altitude: 610 feet.
Descent Speed: 13 mph.
Flight Duration: 37.2 seconds.
Stage | Motor(s) |
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1 | Estes C6-5 |