M-CLASS ALTITUDE RECORDS
These are the UKRA altitude records for M-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,961ft (4865m) |
Phobos-3 (Scratchbuilt) |
MARS | M-1250SM 5600 Ns Kosdon East |
79mm | Single Parachute | October 2000 | Nevada, U.S.A. |
BSR ALTACC Altimeter / Accelerometer | |
| 14,403ft (4365m) |
Ginguar Must Roar (Scratchbuilt) |
Cath Bashford (MARS) |
M1900BB AMW |
102mm | 10.073 kg GLOW |
Single Rocketman R7C ProXP Parachute | September 2004 | Nevada, U.S.A. |
AED Compact R-DAS Flight Computer #1 AED Compact R-DAS Flight Computer #2 RF Tracker |
| 14,006ft (4244m) |
Transient Glory (Scratchbuilt) |
Ben Jarvis (MARS) |
M-2240 5950 Ns Kosdon |
104mm | 8 kg | Single Parachute | August 1998 | Nevada, U.S.A. |
IAX-96 Altimeter / Accelerometer |
| 13,058ft (3957m) |
Pyrogenesis (Scratchbuilt) |
Charles Simpson | M-2240 5950 Ns Kosdon |
4" 101mm |
Single Parachute | August 1998 | Nevada, U.S.A. |
IAX-96 Altimeter / Accelerometer | |
| 9420 ft (2855m) |
Little Man Mk3 (Scratchbuilt) |
Hugh Gemmell (SRA) |
M-1000 10000 Ns Hypertek |
6" 150mm |
2 Stage Recovery | June 2002 | UKRA 2002, Heckington, Lincolnshire |
Transolve P2 Altimeter and G-Wiz LC Deluxe Altimeter / Accelerometer | |
| 7209 ft (2185m) |
Sports Flier 6.0 (Modified Kit) |
Graham Platt (LARF) |
M1400-5G 6251 Ns Cesaroni Pro75 |
6" 150mm |
2 Stage Recovery | September 2005 | K-Lob 2005, Heckington, Lincolnshire |
Ozark Flight Computer Olsen FCP-M2 Altimeter Scratchbuilt RF Beacon |
