The Extreme Rush, the sustainer is a 4 inch all fiber glass up-scale of the PML Sudden Rush and was my level 3 rocket. The sustainer has been to 14,500 feet on an M1297W-P. Kurt Gugisberg built the booster from a single 48 inch piese of FG tube and together we will atempt to get the N staged altitude record at XPRS 2006.
Stats:
Diameter: 4.025 inches
Overall Length: 145.5 inches
Sustainer Length: 95.5 inches
Weight: 22 pounds w/o motors (47 lift off)
Motors: 2x AeroTech M1315W-P
Estimated altitude: 38,000 feet
Electronics: 3x Mission Control (booster, air start + sustainer main and drogue backup, main and drogue),
Digital Video Camera, GPS Recorder, 2x Rocket Hunter
Special Feature: Locking Interstage Coupler w/ pyro release mechanism
Booster Electronics Bay
Interstage Coupler: Booster drop test was successful, now to add lanyards and neeten-up.
The interstage coupler fully assembled for the first time. 9/8/06
The camera has been tested and installed in it's mount. 9/14/06
Other files:
Mission Control worksheet for sustainer's primary altimeter XRushMain1WS.pdf
Mission Control worksheet for sustainer's secondary altimeter XRushMain2WS.pdf
Schematic for the sustainer's electronics bay SustainerEBay.sch.pdf
Mission Control worksheet for the booster's altimeter XRushBoosterWS.pdf
Schematic for the booster's electronics bay BoosterEBay.sch.pdf
Drawing for the interstage coupler XRush_IC.pdf
Schematic for the GPS recorder
Tripoli 25K Application