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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== | ==Airfest 30, August 30 - September 2 2024, Argonia KS== | ||
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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-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-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-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. | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 19 November 2025
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
| 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)
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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.
