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On Saturday, March 29, five members from three teams traveled to the Great Meadows VA launch site for qualification flights.
We arrived early when the wind was light and no rain. We got in one round before the rain started. We set up a tent
and waited out the rain. We finished the second round by 1pm.
We conducted 6 qualification flights - two for each team. Team 14209 and 14212 used the 7ft launch rail with a 0d angle. Team 14210 used the site
provided launch rail. All flights were recovered from the field.Objectives
Two qualification launches for each team.
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Lessons
- We decided to have our first launch a qualification try - no test
flights. We had test flights the day before at Walkersville.
- Team 14209 had two nice flights with
F30-6FJ motors. They had an issue with weight and altitude - good altitude but came down too
fast or came down in correct time, but too high.
- Team 14210 had two nice flights but broke an egg in the second flight.
This disqualification along with their previous disqualification took them out of the
consideration for finals.
- Team 14212 conducted two great flights with an E28-7T motor. They used
the same lot motors as their test flight the day before, which had a test score of 1.
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Launches
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Rocket |
Engine |
Rail |
Cargo |
Recovery |
Weight |
Results |
Comments |
Black flight 1
Team 14209 |
F30-6FJ |
7ft 0d |
2 eggs,
altimeter 6 |
2-15" Round |
506g |
858ft,
48.025ec |
video, nice flight but too low, floating
Qualification Score: 33.0 |
Black flight 2
Team 14209 |
F30-6FJ |
7ft 0d |
2 eggs,
altimeter 6 |
2-15" Round |
511g |
811ft,
42.48sec |
no
video, nice flight but too high
Qualification Score: 36.08 |
India flight 1
Team 14210 |
E20-7W |
7ft 0d |
2 eggs,
altimeter 1 |
2-15" Round
3" spill |
350g |
834ft,
52.16sec |
no video, nice flight, good score
Qualification Score: 17.64 |
India flight 2
Team 14210 |
E20-7W |
7ft 0d |
2 eggs,
altimeter 1 |
2-15" Round
3" spill |
352g |
787ft,
51sec |
video, low altitude, egg broke
Qualification Score: 42 DQ |
Green flight 1
Team 14212 |
E28-7T |
7ft 0d |
2 eggs,
altimeter 3 |
2-15" Round |
405g |
816ft,
48.235sec |
video, great flight
Qualification Score: 9.0 |
Green flight 2
Team 14212 |
E28-7T |
7ft 0d |
2 eggs,
altimeter 3 |
2-15" Round |
406g |
810ft,
47.26sec |
video, nice flight
Qualification Score: 17.96 |
Altimeter Data
(Excel format)
Pictures
The launch field Preparation
 
Teams 14210
Team 14212
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