G-CLASS ALTITUDE RECORDS

These are the UKRA altitude records for G-class high power rockets powered by a single, commercially available rocket motor.

Altitude Rocket
Name
Name
or Team
Motor Total
Impulse
Airframe
diameter
Rocket
mass
Recovery
System
Date Location Altitude
verification
method
1. 5447 ft
(1660m)
MC-5
(Scratchbuilt)
Michael Cain
(EARS)
G75
Aerotech

29mm DualDeploy June 2010 BigEARS2,
Cambs
R-DAS Tiny Flight Computer
2. 5407 ft
(1648m)
MC-3
(Scratchbuilt)
Michael Cain
(EARS)
G75
Aerotech

29mm DualDeploy May 2009 BigEARS,
Cambs
R-DAS Tiny Flight Computer
3. 4226 ft
(1281m)
St George II
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G69
Pro-38
1-grain
133 Ns
42mm Single Parachute July 2005 LOBster LARF,
Lincolnshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
4. 3820 ft
(1158m)
Hellfire II
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G69
Pro-38
1-grain
133 Ns
38mm 531g
Dry
Single Parachute June 2004 UKRA 2004,
Lincolnshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
5. 3809 ft
(1154m)
66 Special
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G69
Pro-38
1-grain
133 Ns
38mm Single Parachute June 2006 UKRA 2006,
Lincolnshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
6. 3505 ft
(1062m)
66 Special
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G69
Pro-38
1-grain
133 Ns
38mm Single Parachute August 2006 LOBster LARF,
Lincolnshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
7. 3269 ft
(991m)
Hellfire II
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G69
Pro-38
1-grain
133 Ns
38mm 531g
Dry
Single Parachute June 2004 UKRA 2004,
Lincolnshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
8. 3108 ft
(942m)
How F'ing High?
(Scratchbuilt)
Iain Banks
(CROCK)
G-38
Aerotech
Econojet
1.2"
29mm
340g / 12oz
Dry
Drogue - streamer
Main - 14" Chute
November 2003 CROCK,
Kent
Perfectflite MiniAlt Altimeter
9. 2409 ft
(730m)
Hellfire
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G-69
Pro-38
1-grain
1.5"
38mm
793g
Dry
Single Parachute September 2003 EARS,
Cambridgeshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
10. 2277 ft
(690m)
Hellfire
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G-69
Pro-38
1-grain
1.5"
38mm
793g
Dry
Single Parachute December 2003 EARS,
Cambridgeshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
11. 2196 ft
(665m)
Hellfire
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
(EARS)
G-69
Pro-38
1-grain
1.5"
38mm
793g
Dry
Single Parachute September 2003 K-Lob,
Lincolnshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
Traxa Tracker
12. 2094 ft
(635m)
Mean Machine
(Modified kit)
Mike Crewe
NSRG
G-80 1.5" Single Parachute August 25th, 2000 IRW,
Scotland
G-Wiz LC Deluxe Accelerometer
13. 2049 ft
(621m)
Mako Shark
(Scratchbuilt)
Roy Trzeciak-Hicks
EARS
G-75J 1.5" Single Parachute June 2001 Heckington,
Lincolnshire
Black Sky Research ALTACC
14. 1572 ft
(476m)
Hope HPR
(Scratchbuilt)
Ady Waters
EARS
G-60 Pro38 1 Grain 2" (54mm) 875 grams (dry) Single 36" diameter Parachute June 2003 EARS,
Cambridgeshire
G-Wiz LC800 Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer
15. 1427 ft
(432m)
Aerotech Initiator
(Kit)
Pete Waddington
NSRG
G-35W
Aerotech
Econojet
2.6" Single Parachute March 2000 Thrust,
Staffordshire
G-Wiz LC Accelerometer