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On Saturday, October 18, members from the Post traveled to the National Pike Park MD launch site for test flights. The day was very nice, some gusts around 10mph. We used the NARHAMS launch rails. We conducted 10 flights. Objectives
- Practice the process of launching rockets .
- Use up some old rockets and motors.
- Team 15265 will test a 6 fin designn.
- Team 15267 will test a two stage rocket.
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Lessons
- Team 15265 launched their 6 fin rocket twice. Both were somewhat unstable. The first flight was under powered with the E9. The second flight was wild and int the trees. They are making another rocket.
- We launched a red rocket from last year. With no altimeter and no video, we have no notes on the flight. We attributed the flight to Team 15266..
- Team 15267 flew a two stage rocket. It worked, but may have had too large a chute. It was left in a tree. We didn't recover the altimeter.
- While we learned about the launch process, we need to do much more..
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Launches
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Rocket |
Engine |
Rail |
Cargo |
Recovery |
Weight |
Results |
Comments |
Six Fin 1
Team 15265 |
E9-6 |
6ft 0d |
1 egg,
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15" Round
6x60" Streamer |
?g
?g |
?ft,
?sec |
video, squirrely ascent, somewhat unstable |
Six Fin 2
Team 15265 |
E20-7W |
6ft 0d |
1 egg,
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15" Round
6x60" Streamer |
?g
?g |
?ft,
?sec |
video, squirrely ascent, somewhat unstable |
Red
Team 15266 |
E20-7W |
6ft 0d |
1 egg, |
12" Round
6x60" Streamer |
?g
?g |
?ft,
?sec |
no video, nice landing |
Two Stage
Team 15267 |
D12-0,
D12-3 |
6ft 0d |
1 egg,
altimeter 3? |
18" X-Chute |
?g
?g |
?ft,
?sec |
video, staging worked nice, but landed in a tree, not recovered, lost altimeter |
Altimeter Data
(no altimeter returned)
Pictures
Two Rockets Ready
Interesting Landing
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