Six members from all three teams and several adults traveled to the National Pike Park launch site on
Saturday, November 17. It was clear, with wind around 10mph.
We used the 7ft launch rail for all the launches. We used rockets from two years ago to .test our processes
and motors. We also flew a strange rocket built by Sam and Michael last spring (video). Objectives
- We wanted to test the E20-7W motors.
- Practice the launch process.
Lessons
- The E20-7 motors will get our rockets to 750ft easily.
- We need to work on packing eggs in the nose cones.
- Angling the launch rail with the wind straighten out our launches.
- The altimeters registered that the rockets landed in a valley and on a hill (see the
chart).
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Launches
Rocket |
Engine |
Rail |
Cargo |
Cargo
Recovery |
Booster Recovery |
Weight |
Results |
Comments |
Red
test 1
video |
E20-7W |
8d |
1 egg,
altimeter 1 |
15" Round |
6x60" Streamer |
343g
167g |
870t, 60sec |
Straight flight, but cracked egg |
Yellow test 1
video |
E20-7W |
8d |
wood egg,
altimeter 3 |
15" Round |
6x60" Streamer |
327g
151g |
965ft, 54sec |
Straight flight |
Purple
test 1
video |
E30-7 |
8d |
1 egg,
altimeter 2 |
15" Round |
6x60" Streamer |
329g
117g |
867ft, 49sec |
Straight, nice flight |
Altimeter Data
(Excel format)
Team
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