Dave Rose has successful flight to over 28,000 feet
Dave Rose flew the TelemetryPro tracking system to over 28,000 feet at the BALLS-23 launch held at the Black Rock desert in Nevada on Sept. 20, 2014. It was a perfect flight! The flight was successfully tracked all the way up and down and then safely recovered.
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Rocket Name: "One-Eyed King" Motor: N3100 research motor (96% N) Max altitude: 28,468 feet Max velocity: 1.62 Mach Max acceleration: 12.6 G's Landing site: 1.41 miles from the launch pad Total flight time: 5 minutes, 51 seconds 
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Photos courtesy Dave Rose
Kate's Flight Commentary
Press the play button to listen to the flight commentary delivered by Kate in real time during this flight.
Press the play button to listen to the flight commentary delivered by Kate in real time during this flight.
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Google Earth Flight Trajectory
This image shows the flight trajectory recorded by TelemetryPro during the flight.
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Download the Google Earth file and you will be able to view the trajectory from any angle. It gives a nice virtual 3D view of the entire flight.
Note: You will need to have Google Earth installed on your computer to view the file. |
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Flight Summary Report
The first two pages from the flight summary report are shown in these images. Click on them to get a closer look.
The full flight summary report can be downloaded using the button below. 
Flight Summary Report
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Note: This flight just barely exceeded the maximum velocity limit for the GPS. (500 m/s or 1640 feet/sec.) Consequently, the GPS clipped the velocity readings right before the peak and did not resume reporting accurate velocities until the actual velocity dropped back down below the limit. The TelemetryPro system has an accelerometer onboard and therefore can measure and report velocities higher than the GPS limit. The accelerometer reported the max velocity to be 1746 feet/sec.