Aeronaut 2003
Black Rock, NV
August 1-3, 2003


Sunday, August 3
Quantum Leap II, scratchbuilt
K570WW by Animal Motor Works

8,400 feet, 880 feet/second (~Mach 0.8), 380 feet/second^2 (12Gs)
Perfect flight, perfect recovery

Liftoff!!!

Obligatory pre-launch picture
Obligatory pre-launch picture
Arming the electronics
Arming the electronics
5...4...3...2...1...
5...4...3...2...1...
Liftoff!!!
Liftoff!!!

AltAcc flight data

Complete flight
Complete flight
Ascent phase
Ascent phase
Thrust phase
Thrust phase

Pretty much a perfect flight. The smoke from the White Wolf propellant seems like an even cleaner white than White Lighting. The white smoke with the blue and white rocket against a blue and white sky was a really pretty affect.

The only reason a say 'pretty much' a perfect flight is that I forgot and used the medium-sized Nomex parachute protectors instead of the larger ones. There's plenty of room in the parachute bays and that's what I usually use, I just forgot. The parachute suffered a few minor scorch-holes, but otherwise everything was fine.

Next time, use the larger nomex shields for this rocket.
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