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On Saturday, December 10, members from both teams traveled to the Walkersville park launch site for test flights. The day was partly cloudy with wind around 10mph, gusts a little higher. It was very cold, near freezing. We stopped after two
disappointing flights.
Objectives
- Test with E12-6 Estes black powder motors.
- Get more data on streamer and parachute sizes.
Lessons
- It was very cold and windy, which made the rockets duck into the wind.
- The E12s did not seem to do well - under powered, and slow to reach speed, giving the wind time to turn the rocket. We need to keep looking.
- We had some issues with the Estes igniters falling out and not igniting the black powder.
- The recovery systems worked OK, no eggs broke, and we recovered all rockets.
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Launches
| Team |
Rocket |
Flight |
Motor |
Weight |
Alt |
Recovery |
Altitude |
Time |
Comment |
| 2661 |
Pink (video) |
1 |
E12-6 |
324g |
11 |
15/1", 4x56" |
615ft |
36sec |
OK flight, off to the side |
| 2662 |
Red (video) |
1 |
E12-6 |
340/118g |
10 |
15", 6x60" |
550ft |
39sec |
ducked into the wind |
Altimeter Data
(Excel format)
Pictures
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