Monday, April 06, 2015

Dark Shadow flies to 1752 feet (534m)

Dark Shadow is our latest water rocket project. Construction on this project began in June last year, and we had a chance to fly it 3 times at the recent Thunda Down Under event in Westmar QLD.
The rocket was designed to try to set a new personal best altitude record. We progressively increased the pressure on subsequent flights to finally achieve an altitude of 1752' or 534m.
Here is a highlights video of the 3 flights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r9gmLfpFTg

 The full flight report is here:
http://www.AirCommandRockets.com/day158.htm

I have also uploaded the build log that has full details about the rocket's construction here:
http://www.AirCommandRockets.com/dark_shadow_1.htm