{"id":1049,"date":"2016-09-24T05:24:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T00:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realflightsystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2016-11-28T07:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T02:24:56","slug":"balls25-8urkt-sept-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realflightsystems.com\/wordpress\/?p=1049","title":{"rendered":"BALLS25 &#8211; 8URKT &#8211; Sept 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Hertel and Guy Hardy flew their 17 foot 350 pound rocket named &#8220;8URKT&#8221; on an EX Q motor (115k nS) to 77,484&#8242; AGL (81,383&#8242; MSL) with GPS-1 onboard to claim the TRA altitude record for the single stage Q EX motor class!\u00a0 GPS-1 recorded the full flight profile from take-off to landing; the most interesting portion of the flight data shows the vehicle exceeded Mach at 1,654 AGL (5,553 MSL) and decelerated back to Mach at 63,568&#8242; AGL (67,467 MSL); it then coasted on for another 10,017 feet to an Apogee of 77,484&#8242; AGL (81,383 MSL) or 14.67 statute miles! 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