Team 1
(TARC 6129) and
Team 3 (TARC 6161) competed at the National TARC Flyoff in Virginia
on Saturday, May 17. And they did great!. They were
invited to participate back in April based on their qualification
flights. Information on the lead up to the flyoff is
here. Team 3
flew first, a little after 8:30am, early in the launch window.
They made some last minute changes based on a perception of wind.
They had a beautiful flight, but it was a little long in their decent.
Team 1 flew second in the
10:30-11:30am launch window. They had all kinds of problems
getting their rocket on the launch pad. They finally launched
with seven minutes left in the launch window -- the last team to
launch.
Team 1 was 13th after the first launch
which put them in the top 18 and gave them a second launch to show consistency.
Their second launch window was from 3:00-400pm and again they were
late, but only second to last. This time the rocket went down wind
a little, but they did better than some of the other second flights.
Team 1 ended up 7th over all and
Team 3
ended up 27th. Here are the
scores for
all the teams. Here is all the
flight
data.
Here is a
video from around the launch site.
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