I sent the Beta up on another flight to get three data points for the A10/A3 motor combination.  The rocket lit and again recorded a burn time of 1.1 seconds.  It appeared visibly slower on the first stage, as though it was struggling a bit from the weight. Still, it recorded a peak acceleration of 18.5 Gs which was the highest recorded, and averaged 5.2 Gs for the entire burn time.  I do know from previous flights the booster only averages about 2 Gs, so the high average is a result of the 2nd stage.

This time the speed at burnout was 122 mph, ten less than previously. At 571 feet the ejection fired, and 2/10 seconds later the rocket reached its apogee of 594 feet.  It was apparently going more vertical than the previous flight though, as it climbed an additional 23 feet in the 2/10 seconds. The ejection delay was quite long at 5.4 seconds.

Sometime shortly after ejection and too high to be seen, the swivel-clip holding the streamer to the Kevlar loop failed and opened up, so the rocket fell unseen with only the shock cord drag to slow it down.  At 600 feet up, all of us observers only saw the bright red Mylar streamer descending much slower than expected.  The streamer drifted into the next field never to be seen again.

After a long and laborious 20 minute search, the rocket was located about 250 feet upwind in the grass sans streamer.  The only damage appeared to be a heavy dent in the leading edge of the fin, about the width of the body tube. It appears that the recoil of the extra-long shock cord slammed the payload tube against the fin, since there was nothing in the grass to cause this type of damage. So now this rocket is back in the repair shop for the fourth time, and will emerge some day with yet another scar.