High power rocket certification flight
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Yay, my son did it! He had a successful level 3 certification flight on an M motor. Level 3 is the highest level for high power rockets. The rocket reached 23,500 feet, 23 G acceleration, top speed Mach 1.7. Good preparation and a long checklist pay off. Well done, and congrats Alexis!
To reduce drag, the rocket has no rail buttons. Instead there is a flyaway rail guide, a plastic piece with rail buttons that encloses the rocket; once it leaves the rail, the rail guide snaps open - zoom in and see orange pieces just below the rocket.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the curves.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3056_hd1bal1f
High power rocket certification flight
Thank you for visiting - ❤ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
Yay, my son did it! He had a successful level 3 certification flight on an M motor. Level 3 is the highest level for high power rockets. The rocket reached 23,500 feet, 23 G acceleration, top speed Mach 1.7. Good preparation and a long checklist pay off. Well done, and congrats Alexis!
To reduce drag, the rocket has no rail buttons. Instead there is a flyaway rail guide, a plastic piece with rail buttons that encloses the rocket; once it leaves the rail, the rail guide snaps open - zoom in and see orange pieces just below the rocket.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the curves.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3056_hd1bal1f