On Saturday, March 30, a few members from all teams traveled to the Walkersville launch site for qualification flights. The day was clear with light wind. We used our launch rail at about 5% with the wind. We got off nine flights. Jonathan Rains and Daniel Roh were the NAR members who qualified the flights. Results were again mixed. Team 5179 (Gold rocket) had a low first test flight, and reduced weight for the second flight (qualification #2). In that flight, their booster chute came off the booster and the flight was disqualified. Team 5180 (Multicolor rocket) flew 4 times - two tests and two qualifications. The test flights were somewhat low, but the first qualification was fair with a score of 24. The second qualification flight was again low because it flew off at an angle. It also had a problems with the chutes fully deploying and the booster streamer never came out. It was a disqualification. Team 5181 had the best day with  no disqualifications. The first test flight was low. The second flight (the second qualification flight) was a little high, but got a score of 16. The third flight,(third qualification flight) was very low and got a score of 64. Temperature=55F, Pressure=29.70inHg?, Wind=5-10mph, Elevation=331ft

Objectives

• Each team will fly one test flight and then one or two qualification flights.
• Team 5180 switched out the booster chute for a small streamer.
• Plan one more qualification outings before April 7.

Lessons

• Team 5181's streamer worked but Jonathan indicated other NAR members might say it still came in too fast.
• Team 5181 flights had a strange drag when the motor finished firing. We noticed this before, but it was very clear this time.
  Their Multicolor rocket had a loose fin, which may have been the cause.
• Team 5179 and 5181 are done with qualification flights..
• We should have done more to separate the chutes..