Alpha III (8) flight 17

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Flight Weather:

Temp:

69.3 ˚F

Humidity:

52.0 %

Cloud Cover:

20.0 %

Avg Wind:

10.4 mph

Wind Gust:

10.4 mph

Wind Direction:

290.0 ˚


Flight Stats:

Apogee:

149.0 ft

Max Speed:

96.9 ft/s

Avg. Descent Rate:

3.7 ft/s

Time to Burnout:

0.5 s

Time to Apogee:

4.38 s

Total Flight Time:

44.86 s

Uploaded By:

bcawley1


Flight Description:

A8-3. Reluctant ‘chute. Broke one fin off nearly at the root on landing. Very interesting altitude plot. Trying to figure out how a pressure profile like that happened. The nose cone must have been rather reluctant to come off when the ejection charge fired.



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