This is a table of all my flights and the altitudes they achieved.
Rocket Name |
Date |
Where |
Motor |
Altitude |
Comments |
| Qoubba | August 2000 | IRW, Largs | G-7W | Not Recorded | N/A |
| Qoubba | September 2000 | K-Lob, Lincs | G-7W | Not Recorded | N/A |
| KRY | September 2000 | K-Lob, Lincs | H123-W | Not Recorded | Chute failed to open |
| KRY | 4th December 2000 | EARS, Cambs | H123-W | Not Recorded | Successful UKRA Level 1 Flight |
| Qoubba | January 2001 | Brass Balls, Lincs | F20-4 | Not Recorded | Last flight |
| KRY | 17th February 2001 | EARS, Cambs | H242-W | 1165ft | Successful Tripoli Level 1 Flight |
| KRY | 3rd June 2001 | EARS, Cambs | I357-T | Not Recorded | N/A |
| KRY | 16th June 2001 | UKRA, Lincs | I357-T | Over 2000ft | N/A |
| KRY | 17th June 2001 | UKRA, Lincs | I300- | 3300ft | N/A |
| KRY-2 | 1st July 2001 | EARS, Cambs | J135 | 7497ft | Successful UKRA Level 2 Flight |
| Scary Stripe | August 2001 | IRW, Largs, Scotland | G something | Not Recorded | N/A |
| Scary Stripe | 7th April 2002 | EARS, Cambs | G something | Not Recorded | N/A |
| KRY | 4th May 2002 | Big EARS, Cambs | Pro38 4 grain - I240 | Altimeter Lost | Rocket Lost |
| Ginguar must Roar | 11th Sept 2004 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | M1900BB - Animal Motor Works | 14,403ft | Successful Level 3 Flight |
| ZingerOne | June 2005 | LDRS, Lethbridge, Canada | L2100 - Ceseroni | 11,609ft | Rocket deplyed Main at apogee by mistake |
| kWibble | Sept 2005 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | K650ish - Homemade Red Sonia propellant | 1,047ft | Main did not deploy so the rocket and altimeter got destroyed on landing, propellant worked tho ;) |
| Pink Peril | July 2006 | LDRS, Amarillo, Texas | 3 x K550 - Aerotech | 3,637ft | Only 2 of the motors lit but rocket still flew well and recovered safely, onboard video was obtained. |
| sKrabble | LDRS, July 2006 | Amarillo, Texas | Sky Ripper Hybrid | 1,040ft | Rocket coned and was slightly damaged on landing, but has since been repaired. |
| sKarper | Sept 2006 | XPRS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | K350 - Loki | 11,900ft | Rocket flew well and recovered safely |
| Pink Peril | Sept 2006 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | 3 x J295 - Ceseroni | 5,940ft | All motors lit, rocket flew well and was recovered after being dragged 100ft across the Playa, fin had come unattached but also recovered and can be fixed. |
| sKarper | Oct 2006 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | J334 - Homemade PPE motor | 5,479ft | Rocket flew well and recovered safely |
| sKarper | Oct 2006 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | J500 - Homemade Everclear motor | 6,933ft | Rocket flew well and recovered with minimal damaged |
| sKarper | Sept 2007 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | K460 - Homemade Dark Wing Duck V2 motor | N/A | Rocket flew well and was mostly recovered, no atittude data obtained |
| sKarper | Sept 2008 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | K635 - Homemade Heavy Metal Special motor | 10255ft | Rocket flew well but deplyment charge not fired but rocket only got a crack in coupler so will fly again. |
| BFO | Sept 2008 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | I363 - Homemade Red Sonia motor | no data as yet | Rocket flew well but deplyment charge not fired but rocket broke in various places but fincan ok |
| Countdown to the Centenary | May 2009 | Cudham, Guide Camp Site | 3 x A8-3 estes motors | rocket designed to stay low due to launch site limitations | Flew well and recovered intact. |
| Countdown to the Centenary | June 2009 | EARS, Cambs | 3 x A6-4 estes motors | rocket designed to stay low | Flew well and recovered intact. |
| Krown Flyer | July 2009 | LDRS, Potter Field, New York State | K695R - Aerotech Redline | 8471ft | There was a small amount of coning at high altitude but everything was recovered fine. |
| Powered by Fairydust | June 2010 | LDRS, Lucerne, California | an Aerotech but can't remember which | can't remember | Flight good, rocket recovered fine |
| Countdown to the Centenary | Aug 2010 | IRW, Near Largs Scotland | 3 x A8-3 estes motors | approx 6 inches up the launch rod | Used very old motors and only 1 lit |
| Countdown to the Centenary | Aug 2010 | IRW, Near Largs Scotland | 3 x A8-3 estes motors | approx 20-30ft | Used very old motors and only 2 lit |
| Countdown to the Centenary | Sept 2010 | EARS, Cambs | 3 x A6-4 estes motors | approx 4ft | New motors this time but only 2 lit and performed very poorly |
| sKarper | Sept 2010 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | K475 - Homemade Dart motor | ?? | Rocket flew but went squirrily and didn't deploy, but was found fine and will fly again. |
| Powered by Fairydust | Sept 2010 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | I280 - Homemade Dart Motor | 6325ft | Flight good, rocket recovered fine |
| Powered by Fairydust | May 2011 | EARS, Cambs | H185 - Ceseroni | 3542ft | Flight good, went squirrily after inital boost, rocket recovered fine |
| Rockit+ | Sept 2011 | EARS, Cambs | D12-5 - Estes | N/A - no altimeter onboard | Flight good, rocket recovered fine |
| Rockit+ | Apr 2012 | EARS, Cambs | F20-4 - Aerotech | 1188ft | Flight good, rocket recovered fine |
| Crayon | Aug 2012 | IRW, Fairlie Moor | F something | ??? | Flight good, rocket recovered fine but Jolly Logic altimeter lost so no altitude data |
| sKarper | Sept 2012 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | J class Homemade Red Sonia motor | 7101ft | Rocket flew mostly straight, then was lost from sight, recovered by other rocketeers. (time to apogee - 19 sec, peak velocity - 2030 ft/s) |
| Powered by Fairydust | Sept 2012 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | G100 - Homemade Red Sonia Motor | 1469ft | Flight good, rocket recovered fine within 100ft of pad. (time to apogee - 10 sec, peak velocity - 1120 ft/s) |
| ATR-1 | 2nd June 2013 | EARS, Cambs | G58-WH | 700ft | First test flight of homemade altimeter (SBA-1), rocket spacked as set too long delay, homemade altimeter survived but rocket non recoverable and commercial RRC2 broken. Most of the flight data up to about 2 sec before Apogee was overwritten. |
| ATR-2 | 9th June 2013 | MRC, Twycross | G115-WT | 770ft (SBA-1) / 744ft (Raven) | Second test flight of SBA-1 homemade altimeter, flight successful, full flight data returned, compared with a raven and only 30ft difference. |
| ATR-2 | 7th July 2013 | EARS, Cambs | H125-CL | 2000ft | Third test flight of SBA-1 homemade altimeter, recovery non optimal as parachute did not unfurl. Altimeter bay cracked and homemade altimeter restarted overwriting all flight data. Altitude determined from Raven |
| ATR-2 | 21st July 2013 | Black Knights, Oxhill | H125-CL | 1901ft (SBA-1) / 1852ft (Raven) | Forth test flight of SBA-1 homemade altimeter, flight successful, full flight data returned, compared with a raven and only 50ft difference. |
| ATR-2 | 18th Aug 2013 | IRW, Fairlie Moor | H125-CL | 1970ft (SBA-1) / 1934ft (Raven) | Fifth test flight of SBA-1 homemade altimeter, flight successful, full flight data returned, compared with a raven and only 36ft difference. |
| ATRF-1 | Sept 2013 | BALLS, Blackrock Desert, Nevada | Homemade propellant | ft (SBA-1) / ft (RRC2) | Sixth test flight of SBA-1 homemade altimeter, flight successful, full flight data returned, Data to be added. |
| Crayon | 12th Jul 2015 | MRC, Twycross | G57-CL | ~1000ft (no altimeter) |
Flight good, rocket recovered fine, no altimeter onboard so altitude from sim |
| Just Married | Aug 2017 | IRW, Fairlie Moor | 38mm H Classic | ~ |
Flight good, rocket recovered fine |