Nike Smoke Launch

Perhaps my most reliable airframe, the fiberglass Nike had five successful flights in the Black Rock Desert this season (two by day, three at night).

Here is the ground prep video from the videocam in the foreground.

Avionics flight computer recordings below.

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jurvetson says:

HCX readout, with 500 samples/sec:

522 MPH, Mach 0.7, pulling 12.6 G’s, with the outboard camera hanging on for dear life. I’ll post some screen shots from the little fella.
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Beefus says:

Great catch!
That reminds me...it's lunch time.
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