Post 1010 Rocketry Project 2015: Launch

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On Saturday, November 15, members from all four teams traveled to the National Pike Park M launch site for test flights. The day was relatively nice, some gusts around 10mph. We used the our 7ft launch rail and NARHAMS launch rail. We conducted 8 flights. We left one in a tree.

Objectives

Test flights of all our newly built rockets.
We will us several different E motors.
Teams will fly with cargo units using a parachute and boosters using a streamer for recovery. Split recovery is a TARC 2015 requirement.

Lessons

Team 15265 needs to focus on why both rockets have wobbly flights.
Team 15266 black rocket went into the trees. It may have been a little unstable. They need to build a new rocket.
Team 15267 had two nice flights but big diffeences in altitude. They need to find the proper weight for 800ft.
Team 15406 had on very straight flight, but the E20 could not get this rocket to 800ft.

Launches

Rocket	Engine	Rail	Cargo	Recovery	Weight	Results	Comments
Green 1 Team 15265	E20-7W	6ft 0d	1 egg, altimeter 6	15" Round 6x60" Streamer	371g 201g	721ft, 55sec	video, another video, not straight, streamer didn't deploy
Green 2 Team 15265	E30-7T	6ft 0d	1 egg, altimeter 6	15" Round 6x60" Streamer	371g 201g	862ft, 61sec	no video
Gold 1 Team 15265	E20-7W	6ft 0d	1 egg, altimeter 6	12" Round 6x60" Streamer	355g 190g	792ft, 42sec	video, wobble, not straight
Gold 2 Team 15265	E20-7W	6ft 0d	1 egg, altimeter 6	12" Round 6x60" Streamer	355g 190g	822ft, 48sec	no video
Black 1 Team 15266	E20-7W	6t 0d	1 egg, altimeter 5?	12" Round 6x60" Streamer	352g 188g	?ft, ?sec	video, another video, wobble, not straight, landed in tree
Turquoise 1 Team 15267	E20-7W	6ft 0d	1 egg, altimeter 4	12" Round 10" Round	304g 153g	970ft, 62sec	video, nice flight, altimeter spike, too high
Turquoise 2 Team 15267	E20-7W	6ft 0d	1 egg, altimeter 4	12" Round 10" Round	368g 153g	775ft, 43sec	no video
Blue 1 Team 15406	E30-7T	6ft 0d	1 egg, old altimeter	12" Round 6x60" Streamer	384g 194g	733ft, 37sec	video, another video, straight, but low

Altimeter Data (Excel format)
Flight Data Chart

Pictures

Team 15265 Team 15266

Teams 15267 Team 15406