CIA Launch at Dodds Park 7/23/11 - CIA-Rocketry

CIA Launch at Dodds Park 7/23/11

This was a regularly scheduled launch at Dodds Park in Champaign. We assisted about 20 Cub Scouts in flying rockets they had built with us earlier in the week, then flew many of our own until the sun began to set. The 95 degree heat was oppressive, but the group persevered and had a great day of rocketry.

This is flight data from my Wildman Jr. flight on 7/23/11. The motor was an H669N-P, and recovery was by dual deployment using a Raven altimeter. The apogee ejection charge did not open the rocket, so the descent was quite fast (whistling fast) until the main 'chute opened. The motor burned for 0.3 seconds, and in that time, the rocket reached 194 mph, and about 60 ft of altitude. Mark Joseph image.