Pluto and Charon Explorer Post 1010
Engineering Exploring Program
Launch - November 2, 2015		 New Horizon Spacecraft

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On Monday, November 2, members from all three teams traveled to the Walkersville MD launch site for test flights. The day was clear, nice, with little wind. We use our 7ft launch rail. We conducted 6 flights.

We left one rocket in a tree. Bob returned two days later with a long pole and recovered the rocket. This prompted Bob to purchase a 30ft tree trimming pole.

Objectives

  • Test flights of all our team rockets.
  • See if we can protect two eggs.
  • Try different motors.
  • Try different recovery devices.

Lessons

  • We gained experience and got back into the launch procedures.
  • Team 1639 and 1640 need to work on preparing their recovery devices.
  • The rocket in the tree reminds us that we must write our name and phone number on every part of our rockets.

Launches

Team Color Flight Motor Weight Alt Recovery Altitude Time Comment
1639 Black
(video)		 1 F24-7W 460g 10 18" 791ft 22sec booster separated from cargo
1639 Black
(no video)		 2 F24-7W 440g 10 18" 897ft 46sec  
1639 Red
(no video)		 1 F24-7W 499g 10 15"w/spill
6x60 streamer		 669ft 24sec tangled recovery
1640 Blue/Gold
(video)		 1 F44-8W 416g 1 18"X 938ft 44sec landed in tree
1641 Pink
(video)		 1 E20-7W 414g 9 2-12" 737ft 39sec one chute deployed late, tape issue
1641 Pink
(video)		 2 F44-8W 417g 9 2-12" 950ft 43sec   
  

Altimeter Data (Excel format)
Flight Data Chart

Pictures

  Team 1639                                                                                 Team 1639 (another picture)
  Team 1639     Team 1639

  Team 1640                                                                                  Team 1641
  Team 1640      Team 1641
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Updated: November 22, 2015