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Explorer Post 1010 Engineering Exploring Program American Rocketry Challenge 2024 |
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Explorer Post 1010 registered two teams in the 2024 American Rocketry Challenge (ARC). The main web site is https://rocketcontest.org/. The challenge is described in the 2024 Rules. This is a year-round activity. We recruited new members in the fall of 2023 and started to design and build our competition rockets. During the winter and spring of 2024 we tested our rockets. We must complete three qualification flights for each team by April 1, 2024 to be invited to the national fly-off in May 2024. ARC adds the scores of the two best qualification launches. The cutoff for 2023 was 35.00. The finals are for the top 100 teams from registered teams across the US.
To be on a team you must be a dues paying member of Post 1010 and have your parents sign the ARC permission form. Members may switch teams until the first qualification flight in 2024. Members must participate in designing, building, and launching to remain on a team. We meet during normal Exploring Program general meetings for work sessions. Test launches are usually on Saturdays, Sundays, and other days when school is out. Each team will build several rockets, including test rockets and backups for their best models. We document our activities and results on these web pages.
Due to our ARC ranking in 2023, the Post was invited to submit a proposal to participate in the NASA sponsored Student Launch Initiative in September, 2023. Our proposal was accepted We followed a NASA contract process and built a high powered rocket. We designed and built a payload experiment. We flew it in Huntsville, Alabama in May (More).
Qualification Flight Reports 2024 Team 24-728 - Q1 (95.08), Q2 (19.48), Q3 (27.16) = 46.64 Team 24-736 - Q1 (24.58) Q2 (6.28) Q3 (6.00) = 12.28 Team 24-736 was invited to the ARC Finals held on May 19 at Great Meadows. The cut-off for the invitation (the top 100 teams) was 32.12. ARC Finals Flight Reports 2024 Rockets on the Hill - Team 736 along with our SLI team was invited to meet with all the teams at the Capital on May 17. We took the Metro down to DC but had a little getting our big SLI rocket into the building. Following the gathering, we went to our congressman's office, Jamie Raskin, and showed him our rockets. Finals Attendee Information, Launch Assignments, Briefing and Final Teams. Team 736 first flight at the finals was for a target of 850ft and a time between 44 and 46 seconds. They reached an altitude of 881ft and a time of 51.88sec, for a score of 54.52. They did not make the cutoff for a second flight. They were ranked 58th. Finals Results Spreadsheet, Finals Awards
Wind speed is a big problem for our rockets, so before we launch we check http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi (Manassas, Frederick). The Weather Channel is another source for weather at the The Plains and Walkersville. When we launch in strong wind, our biggest concern is the loss of our rocket in the trees. We have plotted out launch limit maps for Pike Park and Meadows launch sites. We always need parents to drive to the launch sites. Participants should bring money for lunch or bring food when we are out all day. Wear appropriate clothing. Schedules can change at the last minute due to weather, so keep watching this web site, your email, and call if unsure.
Heritage Farm Park, Walkersville, Maryland (map, picture) 9236 Devilbiss Bridge Rd, Walkersville, MD 21793. (39.49n,-77.34w,320a). Park information at https://www.walkersvillemd.gov/parks-recreation/slideshows/heritage-farm-park. Great Meadow, The Plains, Virginia (directions, field map, picture). NOVAAR runs the launch. Their calendar is at https://novaar.org/drupal7/. This is the site of the National Fly-off. (38.83n,-77.81w,580a) Tripoli Central Virginia Rocketry Club, (TCV), Culpeper, Virginia (map, picture). Their web site is https://battlepark.org/. (38.40n,-78.06w,420a) Maryland Delaware Rocketry Association, (MRDA), Eastern Shore, Maryland. Their web site is https://mdrocketry.org. They have two launch sites - Central Sod Farms, Centreville, MD (https://mdrocketry.org/central-sod-farm/) (39.00n,-76.10w,65a) and Higgs Farm, Price, MD (https://mdrocketry.org/higgs-farm/). (39.08n,-75.87w,55a) Maryland/DC Model Rocket Club, (NARHAMS), Krimgold Park, Woodbine/Winfield, MD. Their web site is http://www.narhams.org/. They also fly small model rockets at Goddard Space Flight Visitor Center
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Explorer Post 1010 Updated: August 31, 2024 |
