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Long, Slow Burn
Archery, motorcycling, water rockets, and other useless hobbies
The U.S. Water Rockets team has broken the world record again. Amazing. From the altitude chart, it appears as if apogee (1,698 feet) was obtained 9 seconds into the flight.
1,698 feet is approximately 0.32 miles. This means that the average speed of the X-10 was 128 miles per hour for the duration of the climb. However, if we look at the first 5 seconds of the flight, the X-10 achieved an altitude of 1,350 feet. This would equate to 184 miles per hour for the first 5 seconds.
Congratulations go out to the whole team! Keep on pushing the envelope!
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