Post 1010 Rocketry Project 2015: Launch

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On Saturday, March 21, members from three teams traveled to Great Meadow VA to conduct qualification flights. The day was cloudy, cool, with little wind early, building to 10mph later. We used the NOVAAR club 7ft launch rails.

Objectives

Complete at least one qualification launch for each team.

Lessons

We conducted many launches, all rockets returned and no broken eggs, and only one early flight with tangled recovery.
We had some decent qualification scores, but need more low scores.
Next week will be critical.

Launches

Rocket	Engine	Rail	Cargo	Recovery	Weight	Results	Comments
Red 1 Team 15265	E20-7W	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 6	15" round 6x60" streamer	360g 191g?	922ft, 58sec	video, nice flight, too high
Red 2 Team 15265	E20-7W	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 6	15" round 6x60" streamer	408g 238g	745ft, 42sec	video, nice flight, too low Test Score 71
Red 3 Team 15265	E20-7W	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 6	15" round 6x60" streamer	398g 168g?	762ft, 44sec	no video, nice flight, too long descent Qualification Score 49.12
Orange 1 Team 15266	E30-7T	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 10	15" round, 2" spill 6x60" streamer	367g 185g	821ft, 30sec	video, nice flight, tangled recovery
Orange 2 Team 15266	E30-7T	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 10	15" round, 2" spill 6x60" streamer	372g 190g	807ft, 38sec	video, nice flight, too short descent Test Score 39
Orange 3 Team 15266	E30-7T	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 10	15" round, 4" spill 6x60" streamer	368g? 185g?	753ft, 48sec	video, some wind cocking Qualification Score 47
Orange 4 Team 15266	E30-7T	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 10	15" round, 5" spill 6x60" streamer	368g? 185g?	708ft, 48sec	video, major wind cocking Qualification Score 92
Turquoise 1 Team 15267	E20-7W	7t ?d	1 egg, altimeter 4	15" round, 3" spill 12" round, 2" spill	368g 180g?	793ft, 50sec	video, strange ascent, landed in road Test Score 15
Blue 1 Team 15406	E30-7T	7ft ?d	1 egg, altimeter 9	15" round, 3" spill 6x60" streamer	368g 205g	775ft, 52sec	no video, nice flight, too long descent Test Score 41
Blue 2 Team 15406	E30-7T	7ft ?d	1 egg, altimeter 9	15" round, 3" spill 6x60" streamer	364g 201g	835ft, 54sec	video, nice flight Test Score 59
Blue 3 Team 15406	E30-7T	7ft ?d	1 egg, altimeter 9	15" round, 3" spill 6x60" streamer	366g 203g	828ft, 44sec	video, nice flight, too short descent Test Score 36
Blue 4 Team 15406	E30-7T	7ft ?d	1 egg, altimeter 9	15" round, 3" spill 6x60" streamer	371g 208g	821ft, 46sec	video, nice flight Qualification Score 21.88
Blue 5 Team 15406	E30-7T	7ft ?d	1 egg, altimeter 9	15" round, 3" spill 6x60" streamer	371g? 208g?	780ft, 44sec	no video, nice flight Qualification Score 31.04
Blue 6 Team 15406	E30-7T	7ft ?d	1 egg, altimeter 9	15" round, 3" spill 6x60" streamer	371g? 208g?	776ft, 51sec	video, too low, long descent Test Score 36

Altimeter Data (Excel format)
Flight Data Chart
Flight Chart Orange Rocket
Flight Chart Blue Rocket

Pictures

Team 15266 Team 15406

Team 15265 Loading the Rockets

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