OK, I got a text last Wednesday: “Found your rocket” with the picture below.
Gabe and Laikyn Meier of Redlands were out treasure hunting in the Lakebed and
came across a dry mud encrusted rocket:
Start Walking III, v3, last seen going up and out of sight at the August 10,
2019 ROC launch on an Aerotech L900DM motor. I had a tracker in it, but I
failed to pick up a signal and, after many hours of searching, gave it up for
lost.
I went out to Redlands met Gabe and Laikyn who were as excited about finding
and returning SWIII as I was about recovering it. Back home, I found that, in
spite of having been in water for a while, all four of AltusMetrum Easymini
flight computers still functioned (with a new battery). The altimeters
registered an apogee height of 12,100ft and a max velocity of mach 1.1. It was
found about 2 miles away, slightly west of north.
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