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Skill | 5.02 |
Length | 67.50" 171.45cm |
Diameter | 3.00" 7.62cm |
Weight | 6.17lbs 2.80kg |
Parachute | 44" 111.76cm |
Drogue | 24" 60.96cm |
Motor Mount | 54mm |
Deployment | Dual-2 Computers |
LIGHTNING
OpenRocket / RockSim
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Description
Short 3" rocket, high flier. Build from scratch, Cardboard and two wraps of Carbon fiber and two wraps of fiberglass. Very small fins. Av Bay is integrated inside the rocket with NO switch band. Fins have metal leading edges. Rocket will fly up to Mach 1.25, but again as always, overkill build with lots of epoxy and rocketpoxy, build as a tank, can take a big hit. Wooden fins with Carbon fiber and fiberglass.
Update 12/17/2015 - After the last flight on December 12, 2015 the rocket ended up in high pine trees. When pulling it out it got minor damage, also pine juice all over the rocket frame. Will also make window bigger for better video framing. Upper frame needs repainting, Will eventually repaint the whole rocket. Also fins have minor damage, to be sanded.
Redid the sled with the stratologgers on a G12 fiberglass sled. Seems all fits nice with Iphone space.
Fixed the stop ring of the Av Bay in the upper frame that I jammed out by removing the av bay!
Update 12/02/2016 - Cleaned the whole rocket after the last launch in Tifton Georgia - Turkey Launch, lots of sand got inside the frames... Next is polish and wax, the rocket seems to be beat up a bit.
Update 04/21/2021 - Started fixing the rocket after it landed on the roadway at SRA on April 17, 2021- Was a great flight, straight up and down with streamer but it just landed an the road nearby. Fins were a bit damaged at the tip and one of the switches in he AvBay came lose. Used rocket poxy on the fin tips and clamped them with blue tape in between. Will touch up paint the rocket when all fixed and done and dry !
Update 04/22/2021 - Sanded the rocket-poxy on the damaged fins a bit down to smooth and gave them a primer coat, when dry I will paint those. No paint job on the nose cone and upper bay yet.
Update 04/23/2021 - Painted the red yesterday on the fins, and today I taped it all off to paint the white squares on the fins, that did not came out pretty. Will sand that down and start all over again.
Update 04/24/2021 - Sanded the first white coat down a bit, and sprayed a new coat of the white paint, it's a bit better but still not good enough, Will sand down and use primer before putting on a new coat of the white paint.
Update 04/25/2021 - Still the same result on one fin with the white paint, paint is cracking up but it seems better, so will do a few sanding coats and painting till it's acceptable.
Update 04/26/2021 - Did sand the coat again, light primer, sand lightly and last spray coat of white, done, looks ok. Will do the whole rocket again, from top to bottom when I have a high performance flight lined up, sometime, somewhere...
Update 03/17/2024 - Repainted some parts of the rocket, Hasn't been launched for a while, Might fly it at Airfest #30 - September 2024
Parachutes: Main 44" - Drogue 24"
Charges: Drogue 1.8 grams/2.0 grams - Main 1.6 grams/2.0 grams FFFFg.
Summary | |||||
Total Launches | 7 | Highest Altitude | 10759 ft 3279.34m | Cumulative Altitude | 49525 ft 15095.22m |
Total Fail | 0 | Highest Velocity | 818 MPH 1316.98km/h | Average Altitude | 7075 ft 2156.46m |
Average Motor | K | Average Thrust | 632 | Total Thrust | 4426 |
Motor Sum | M | Motor Failure | 0 | Average Speed | 597 MPH 961.17km/h |
Launches
Date | Title | Likes | Weight | # | Status | Altitude | Velocity | Motor | ||
| LIGHTNING - NINTH FLIGHT | ![]() | 6.17lb. 2.80kg | 1 | Success | 2174 ft 662.64m ?3400 ft ?1036.32m | 261 MPH 420.21km/h ?316 MPH ?508.76km/h | J244-14-WHITE | ||
| LIGHTNING - EIGHT FLIGHT - NO GO | ![]() | 6.17lb. 2.80kg | 1 | Other | ?3400 ft ?1036.32m | ?316 MPH ?508.76km/h | J244-14-WHITE | ||
| LIGHTNING - SEVENTH FLIGHT | ![]() | 6.17lb. 2.80kg | 1 | Success | 4999 ft 1523.70m ?5997 ft ?1827.89m | 459 MPH 738.99km/h ?517 MPH ?832.37km/h | J760-19-WHITE THUNDER | ||
| LIGHTNING - SIXTH FLIGHT - ABORTED | ![]() | 6.17lb. 2.80kg | 1 | Other | ?3418 ft ?1041.81m | ?325 MPH ?523.25km/h | J293-13-BLUE STREAK | ||
| LIGHTNING - FIFTH FLIGHT | ![]() | 9.10lb. 4.13kg | 1 | Success | 9394 ft 2863.29m ?8955 ft ?2729.48m | 732 MPH 1178.52km/h ?687 MPH ?1106.07km/h | K740-18-C-STAR | ||
| LIGHTNING - FORTH FLIGHT | ![]() | 8.77lb. 3.98kg | 1 | Success | 9548 ft 2910.23m ?9073 ft ?2765.45m | 818 MPH 1316.98km/h ?702 MPH ?1130.22km/h | K740-18-CSTAR | ||
| LIGHTNING-THIRD FLIGHT | ![]() | 8.77lb. 3.98kg | 1 | Success | 7670 ft 2337.82m ?9097 ft ?2772.77m | 644 MPH 1036.84km/h ?705 MPH ?1135.05km/h | K740-18-CSTAR | ||
| LIGHTNING-SECOND FLIGHT | ![]() | 8.83lb. 4.01kg | 1 | Success | 4981 ft 1518.21m ?8053 ft ?2454.55m | 511 MPH 822.71km/h ?580 MPH ?933.80km/h | K445-17-CLASSIC | ||
| LIGHTNING-FIRST FLIGHT | ![]() | 8.83lb. 4.01kg | 1 | Success | 10759 ft 3279.34m ?10810 ft ?3294.89m | 757 MPH 1218.77km/h ?784 MPH ?1262.24km/h | K750-18-RED LIGHTNING |