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My carbon fiber Mongoose 98 had a beautiful launch and successful recovery with a Cesaroni N1100 Moonburner motor (it has an off-center grain geometry that burns for a long time).

Launch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQe3BZNIy4" rel="noreferrer nofollow">video compilation</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQe3BZNIy4&hd=1" rel="noreferrer nofollow">HD</a>).

Here are the flight stats: • Altitude: 35,184 ft. MSL • Max Speed: 1,111 MPH, Mach 1.5 • Acceleration: 10 g’s, 0 to Mach in 4.5 seconds • Booster burn time: 9.4 seconds • Coast time to apogee: 28.1 seconds • Return time: 6 minutes • Weight: 12 lb airframe + 25 lb motor • Motor: Cesaroni N1100 thermoplastic propellant, total impulse of 14,000 Ns

Build photos: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4943641348">fin alignment</a> jig, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/5991065389">avionics bay</a> with flight computers, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/5016981282">CO2 piston</a> for drogue and main chute deployments, and a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4712341978">propellant mixing party</a> where James and I built a pair of N1100 motors.
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Author Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA

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