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The Rocky Mountain Miners’ competition flight was judged to be a successful flight. The rocket<br />

launched, the booster and dart separated, both parachutes deployed, and the rocket was recovered<br />

in flyable condition. The table and figures shown below compare the actual flight data to the<br />

predicted performance.<br />

Predicted Actual % Difference<br />

Maximum Acceleration (ft/s 2 ) 598.9 998.2 66.7 %<br />

Maximum Altitude (ft) 4524.9 2988 34.0 %<br />

Table 1: Comparison <strong>of</strong> Actual to Predicted Flight Performance<br />

Altitude (ft)<br />

Acceleration (ft/s^2)<br />

1200<br />

1000<br />

800<br />

600<br />

400<br />

200<br />

0<br />

Acceleration History<br />

-200<br />

0 5 10 15<br />

Time (s)<br />

Figure 6: Comparison <strong>of</strong> Actual to Predicted Flight Acceleration<br />

5000<br />

4000<br />

3000<br />

2000<br />

1000<br />

0<br />

-1000<br />

Altitude History<br />

0 5 10 15 20<br />

Figure 7: Comparison <strong>of</strong> Actual to Predicted Flight Altitude<br />

35<br />

Time (s)<br />

Actual<br />

Flight<br />

Predicted<br />

Flight<br />

Actual<br />

Flight<br />

Predicted<br />

Flight

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