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==SLRA Buder Park launch, March 30 2024==

(Flew Purple Motor Eater for the first time, have a photo)

==Airfest 30, August 30 - September 2 2024, Argonia KS==

I went to Argonia for the first time in a few years to fly [[Peregrine]], the 3" minimum-diameter rocket I had been working on all year. Simulations put it between 30,000 and 35,000 feet AGL.

===Peregrine flight #1, M685===

Weather conditions: [https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ks/anthony/KANY/date/2024-8-31 sunny; wind N @ 9 mph, 88 F, 34% RH]

{| class="wikitable"
|+Wildman Mach Three [[Peregrine|“Peregrine”]] flight #1:
|-
|Launch time:||Saturday, August 31, 2024, 12:15 pm
|-
|Weather conditions:||[https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ks/anthony/KANY/date/2024-8-31 sunny; wind N @ 9 mph, 88 F, 34% RH]
|-
|Motor:||[https://aerotech-rocketry.com/products/product_fe1f54bf-9bef-7bef-067f-44f3d7a29d86 AeroTech M685W-PS White Lightning Moonburner]
|-
|Max altitude:||23248 feet AGL (TeleMega, GPS), 22060 feet AGL (TeleMega, barometric), 22008 feet AGL (EasyMini, barometric)
|-
|Max velocity:||1451 ft/sec (989 mph, Mach 1.3) (TeleMega, accelerometer)
|-
|Max acceleration:||13 G (TeleMega, accelerometer)
|}

(Peregrine narrative goes here)

[https://danno.org/RocketBlogFiles/data/airfest30-2024/2024-08-31-serial-4266-flight-0005.kml GPS track] (viewable with [https://www.google.com/earth/ Google Earth])

[https://danno.org/RocketBlogFiles/data/airfest30-2024/2024-08-31-serial-4266-flight-0005.eeprom Raw flight data from TeleMega] (viewable with [https://altusmetrum.org/AltOS/ AltOS])

[https://danno.org/RocketBlogFiles/data/airfest30-2024/2024-08-31-serial-10283-flight-0001.eeprom Raw flight data from EasyMini] (viewable with [https://altusmetrum.org/AltOS/ AltOS])

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File:Peregrine-launch.png|Peregrine launch, seen from pad camera.|alt=A rocket leaving pad 86 at Argonia with a bright white exhaust and a large plume of white smoke. A fly-away rail guide can be seen detaching from the rocket.
File:Peregrine-ground-track.png|Ground track of Peregrine's flight.|alt=A map showing Peregrine's apogee about 5 miles ESE of the launch site, then drifting back under parachute to a spot about 3 miles SE of the launch site.
File:Peregrine-flight-path.png|Peregrine's flight path shown in Google Earth.|alt=A screenshot of Google Earth showing the rocket boosting at a significant angle off vertical.
File:Peregrine-flight-statistics.png|Statistics for Peregrine's flight.|alt=Statistics for Peregrine's flight - notably, 22974 feet AGL, Mach 1.3, 13 G maximum acceleration, and 1856 seconds (about 31 minutes) flight time.
File:Peregrine-moonburner-1.jpg|Grain-bonding the motor.|alt=The six grains of the M685 moonburner motor, with epoxy applied to the faces of two grains.
File:Peregrine-moonburner-2.jpg|The finished grain stack in the liner.|alt=The motor liner with the grains stacked inside. The top face is epoxied.
File:Airfest-30-camp.jpg|Base camp at Airfest 30.|alt=A silver Volkswagen backed up to a black canopy tent, under which is a folding table with the Peregrine rocket on it.
File:Peregrine-on-pad.jpg|On the pad, waiting for a break in the clouds.|alt=Peregrine on launch pad with a large "86" sign behind it. The sky is partly cloudy.
</gallery>