UPDATED: 18 Dec 2024
PROJECT: Technology exploration and avionics test platform
NAME: ALICANTO is named after the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet 474640 Alicanto. The Alicanto is a mythical Chilean nocturnal bird of the Atacama Desert that has wings that shine at night with beautiful, metallic colors.
| | | w/K270W |
| Name | ALICANTO | |
| Diameter | 10.2 cm (4 in) | |
| Length | 226 cm (89 in) | |
| Rail buttons | Two 1010 | |
| Motor mount | 54 mm | |
| Parachute (drogue) | 30.5 cm (12 in) nylon | |
| Parachute (main) | 132 cm (52 in) nylon | |
| Mass | 3742 g (132 oz) (no motor) | 5840 g (206 oz) |
| CP | 181 cm (71.4 in) | |
| CG (at launch) | | 153 cm (60.2 in) |
| Caliber (at launch) | | 2.8 |
| Thrust-to-weight (end of rail) | | |
| Speed at end of rail | | |
| Apogee | | 877 m (6060 ft) |
| Vertical speed at landing | | |
| OpenRocket file | |
