Flight #: 2 Date: 4th of November, 1999 R-DAS firmware: 2.3 R-DAS Recorded Altitude: 1242 feet (G-Whiz recorded altitude: 1222 feet - 20 feet difference / 1.61% difference) Apogee - Charge Firing Delta-t: 0 seconds Apogee - Charge Firing Delta-h: 0 feet (0 metres) Descent Rate at Apogee Deployment: 0 feet per second (0 metres per second) Total Time of Flight: 57 seconds Apogee - Charge Firing h Variance: 0% R-DAS Flight Mode: Recording only (charges fitted to evaluate RDAS performance) Launch Vehicle Diameter: 4 inches Launch Vehicle Length: 7 feet Launch Vehicle Propulsion: Aerotech I-211W Fins: 4 clipped swept deltas (Aerofoiled) Launch System: Rod Launch Finish: Unfinished Ejection Method: Motor ejection
Comments The flight of Get Real was a text book launch, with the rocket flying a near perfectly straight ascent to apogee. At apogee, the rocket actually performed a tail slide, descending for a few feet tail first, before the single parachute was ejected. Unfortunately, at ejection, one of the fins on the heavy tail section, clipped the payload section, leaving a nasty gouge. Apart from this, the rocket descended normally, and lander safely. When the rocket was recovered though, the LED on the R-DAS to enable altitude to be displayed was permanently on, rather than flashing out the altitude. This issue dissappeared when the R-DAS was connected to a laptop PC for data download.	The Get Real Rocket.