 Bob Ekman flew
his special rocket to again test two different altimeters (the
PerfectFlite
Alt15K and the Adept A1-TA). He also wanted to see if sewing
across and starching the streamers would increase drag. The two
altimeters recorded 784 and 799 feet respectively. The
difference of 15ft will need more investigation and flights. The
sewing didn't seem to help much, but the starching made it
easier to install and refold the streamers.
Ted Makowski flew his "bat" rocket
twice with a C6 motor and with a recording altimeter. It
recorded apogees of 201ft and 240ft.
Lesson: Bob needs to set focus to
manual infinity to record the descent.
Launches
|
Team |
Rocket |
Engine |
Cargo |
Cargo Recovery |
Booster Recovery |
Weight |
Results |
Comments |
|
Ted |
Bat
test 1 |
C6-5 |
altimeter I |
4x40 streamer |
9in chute |
~100g |
201ft, 11sec
(video) |
Still a little
underpowered, booster chute didn't deploy |
|
Ted |
Bat
test 2 |
C6-5 |
altimeter I |
4x40 streamer |
9in chute |
~100g |
240ft, 12sec
(video) |
Nice flight |
|
Bob |
Special
test 1 |
E30-4T |
wood egg,
altimeter C |
2-7x70 streamers sticks, ironed,
starch |
6x60 streamer |
380g |
784ft, 36sec
(video) |
Nice flight, booster came down
sideways |
Altimeter Data
(Excel format)
|
