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On Sunday, March 29, members from all teams traveled to Great Meadow VA for our final qualification flights. The day was clear, very cool (mid 30s f), with wind early, dropping to almost calm. We used the NOVAAR club 7ft launch rails. We were there to fly rockets! Objectives Complete all our final qualification launches (three for team 267, two for team 265, and one each for teams 266 and 406). Here is what we submitted for qualification. team best 2nd best total 15265 32.76 37.04 69.80 15266 47.00 69.40 116.40 15267 49.72 50.28 100.00 15406 21.88 31.04 52.92

Lessons

• It was great seeing all the teams up with a rocket on a rail at the start of the launch day (10am).
• We conducted many launches, all rockets returned, no broken eggs, and no tangled recovery. Most flights looked nice. We completed all our qualification flights with no disqualifications..
• Team 15265 Red rocket had a disastrous lawn dart flight with a failed ejection charge. This is the second manufacturing issue this year. The team recovered well, put together another back up rocket and completed their qualification flight with reasonable scores. The failed motor was returned to AeroTech and they sent replacements. The altimeter was slightly damaged. We needed to wash all the egg off the altimeter. It could be used next year.
• Team 15267 has an issue with not getting the altimeter to reset. Their first qualification flight used the altitude of the previous test flight.
• Overall, our flights were inconsistent, but not sure why. We need to wait to see if any teams make the finals.

Finals Qualification

Unfortunately, none of our teams made the finals. The cut off for the finals was 40.00. Last year the cutoff was 54.12. We will be sitting out the finals this year. We need to do some analysis as to why the flights were inconsistent.

Launches

Altimeter Data (Excel format)

Pictures

 Team 15265                                                                            Team 15406
    

 Team 15267                                                        Loading the Rockets
   

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