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SLRA Spring High-power Launch, March 23 2024, Elsberry MO

Gravity's Just a Habit, I470 staging to I175

A second attempt with GJaH, but as before, the rocket went outside its tilt limit and the sustainer did not start. I'm not sure whether I'll keep trying with this one.

Wildman Shapeshifter Jr. two-stage “Gravity's Just a Habit” flight #2:
Launch time:	Saturday, March 23, 2024 (time not noted)
Weather conditions:	Fair; wind NE @ 9 mph, 43 F, 47% RH
Motors:	Cesaroni Pro38 540I470-15A White Thunder, Cesaroni Pro38 411I175-14A White
Max altitude:	(need to look up)
Max velocity:	(need to look up)
Max acceleration:	(need to look up)

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: sunny; wind N @ 9 mph, 88 F, 34% RH

Wildman Mach Three “Peregrine” flight #1:
Launch time:	Saturday, August 31, 2024, 12:15 pm
Weather conditions:	sunny; wind N @ 9 mph, 88 F, 34% RH
Motor:	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)

GPS track (viewable with Google Earth)

Raw flight data from TeleMega (viewable with AltOS)

Raw flight data from EasyMini (viewable with AltOS)

Peregrine launch, seen from pad camera.
Ground track of Peregrine's flight.
Peregrine's flight path shown in Google Earth.
Statistics for Peregrine's flight.
Grain-bonding the motor.
The finished grain stack in the liner.
Base camp at Airfest 30.
On the pad, waiting for a break in the clouds.

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+==SLRA Spring High-power Launch, March 23 2024, Elsberry MO==
+===[[Gravity's Just a Habit]], I470 staging to I175===
+A second attempt with GJaH, but as before, the rocket went outside its tilt limit and the sustainer did not start. I'm not sure whether I'll keep trying with this one.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Wildman [https://wildmanrocketry.com/collections/wildman-junior/products/shape-shifter-jr Shapeshifter Jr.] [https://wildmanrocketry.com/collections/wildman-junior/products/jr-stg-upg-vi two-stage] “Gravity's Just a Habit” flight #2:
+|-
+|Launch time:||Saturday, March 23, 2024 (time not noted)
+|-
+|Weather conditions:||[https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/mo/bridgeton/KSTL/date/2024-3-23 Fair; wind NE @ 9 mph, 43 F, 47% RH]
+|-
+|Motors:||[https://pro38.com/products/p38-4g/540i470-15a/ Cesaroni Pro38 540I470-15A White Thunder], [https://pro38.com/products/p38-3g/411i175-14a/ Cesaroni Pro38 411I175-14A White]
+|-
+|Max altitude:||(need to look up)
+|-
+|Max velocity:||(need to look up)
+|-
+|Max acceleration:||(need to look up)
+|}
+==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. I had high hopes. Simulations put it between 30,000 and 35,000 feet AGL.
+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===
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-{|
+(Peregrine narrative goes here)
-| (Peregrine narrative goes here)
-| [[File:Black-widow-liftoff-1.jpg|400px|alt="Black Widow being launched at NSL East 2023"]] (Peregrine liftoff photo 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])
+<gallery mode="slideshow">
+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>