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Friday and Saturday, May 11/12, both our 2018 teams participated in the TARC final fly-off for 2018.
We received our invitation in April along with
attendance information.
On the morning of Friday, May 11, our teams traveled to Capital Hill for the
"Rockets on the Hill" activity.
Here is a slide show from the event.
In the evening of May 11, the teams travelled to Manassas to receive the briefing covering the launches on Saturday.
We received our launch
window information
and reviewed the latest weather information.
The weather was predicted misty in the morning, but beautiful in the afternoon.
Team 5043 got a launch window of 8:15am and Team 5044 got a launch window of 10am.
Both were on the same launch rail - Goddard 14.
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On Saturday morning, both teams traveled to the Great Meadow launch site in Virginia.
We needed to arrive by 6:30am to get ready for the first launch window.
The adults and families set up a tent and viewing station close to the flight posting board.
The teams got their eggs, prepared their rockets and walked out to the launch rails.
They announced the Post 1010 thank you message and the rockets took off.
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Team 5043 went first around 8:30am. The flight was a little low, but nice and a great flight time.
They got a score of 44, which would not give them a shot at a second flight. Team 5044 went second around 10am.
It looked great for altitude, but when the chute deployed, the booster broke away from the cargo unit,
and the flight was a DQ (disqualification).
Disappointing, because the fight would have been good enough to qualify for a second flight.
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Here is a slideshow of the day.
We attended the awards ceremony towards the end of the day. Team 5044 was awarded 3rd place for their presentation.
Here are the results.
Awards
Flight Data
(Excel Format) very interesting
It was a beautiful day and we learned some good lessons. We headed home to Rockville with the rules for TARC 2019. |
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