2024 Launch Reports: Difference between revisions
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[https://danno.org/RocketBlogFiles/data/ldrs38-2019/2019-09-01-serial-4266-flight-0001.kml Peregrine GPS track goes here] (viewable with [https://www.google.com/earth/ Google Earth]) | |||
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[https://danno.org/RocketBlogFiles/data/ldrs38-2019/2019-09-01-serial-4266-flight-0001.eeprom Peregrine Raw flight data goes here] (viewable with [https://altusmetrum.org/AltOS/ AltOS]) | |||
[https://danno.org/RocketBlogFiles/data/ldrs38-2019/2019-09-01-serial-4266-flight-0001.csv Peregrine Raw flight data goes here] (CSV) | |||
Peregrine photos go here (launch photo, then build photos) | |||
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File:Kestrel-ldrs38-edit.jpg|Kestrel leaving the launch tower. Photo by Richard Lipham.|alt=Kestrel leaving the launch tower. Photo by Richard Lipham. | |||
File:Kestrel-ldrs38-map.png|Ground track of Kestrel's flight.|alt=Ground track of Kestrel's flight. | |||
File:Kestrel-recovery.jpg|Kestrel landed after flight.|alt=Kestrel landed after flight. | |||
File:Kestrel-recovery-2.jpg|Kestrel landed after flight.|alt=Kestrel landed after flight. | |||
File:Flight-statistics.png|Statistics for Kestrel's flight.|alt=Statistics for Kestrel's flight. | |||
File:Kestrel-ldrs38-graph.png|Graph of Kestrel's flight profile.|alt=Graph of Kestrel's flight profile. | |||
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Revision as of 17:51, 18 November 2025
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.
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)
Peregrine GPS track goes here (viewable with Google Earth)
Peregrine Raw flight data goes here (viewable with AltOS)
Peregrine Raw flight data goes here (CSV)
Peregrine photos go here (launch photo, then build photos)
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Kestrel leaving the launch tower. Photo by Richard Lipham. -
Ground track of Kestrel's flight. -
Kestrel landed after flight. -
Kestrel landed after flight. -
Statistics for Kestrel's flight. -
Graph of Kestrel's flight profile.
