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Friday and Saturday, May 17/18, 7eam 5180 and 5181 participated in the TARC final fly-off for 2019.
We received our invitation in April along with
attendance information.
On the morning of Friday, May 17, 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 17, the teams travelled to Manassas to receive
the briefing covering the launches on Saturday. We received our
launch window information in our package
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All our first flights were from the Stine launch range. Team 5180
flight window was 9:15-10:00am. Team 5181 flight window was 10:45-11:30am.
Temperature was about 80F, pressure was 29.36inHg, and wind was
1-5mph
On Saturday morning, both teams traveled to the Great Meadow launch site in Virginia.
We needed to arrive by 7:30am to get ready for the first launch window.
The adults and families set up a 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 messages and the rockets took off.
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Each team started with one qualification flight with flight targets of
856ft, 43-46sec. The top 42 teams from that round had a second flight to
determine their consistency. Team 5180 had a score of 19.84 and went on
to have a second flight. Team 5181 had a score of 39.2 and just missed
the cut for the second flight. For the second flight the flight targets
was reduced to 831ft, 42-45sec Team 5180 second flight was scored at
49.96. They lower their altitude to meet the lower target by adding 6
grams.
All three flights were straight and did not have chute problems. 11
teams of the 101 were disqualified in the first round, many due to chute
issues. Two teams in the second flight group were disqualified. Over
all, Team 5180 ended up 26th; Team 5181 ended up 47th.
The rain held off until the evening and there was little wind. It was
sunny and warm in the afternoon, leading to thermals and longer flight
times. Something we can work on next year. Our teams looked very sharp
in their astronaut suits. While we didn’t win the best dressed award
they looked like a team.
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Team |
Flight |
Weight |
Alt |
Recovery |
Altitude |
Time |
Score |
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5180 |
1 |
499 |
12 |
2-14" 2x30" |
849 |
49.21 |
19.84 |
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5180 |
2 |
505 |
12 |
2-14" 2x30" |
801 |
49.99 |
49.96 |
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5181 |
1 |
493 |
13 |
2-14"/10" |
843 |
52.55 |
39.20 |
Altimeter Data (Excel format)
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