ROC March 2000
March 2000
/ Lucerne Dry Lake
1 flight, 569 N-sec burned
The March ROC launch was cool and clear, with a small crowd.
Continuing to burn up the pile of I435s, we put one in the Expediter. My friend Chris Lam had fixed up my ALTS2 with a new capacitor and beeper, and it was beeping stuff out again happily, so we put it in for the ride too. The acceleration off the pad was breathtaking, but after burnout the vehicle slowed down quickly due to the big, draggy airframe. She coasted to just under 4000 feet and ejected perfectly at apogee. Cool flight!
Altitude: 3,948 ft
