Post 1010 Rocketry Project 2018: Launch

On Thursday, December 27, members from the Post traveled to the Walkersville launch site for test flights. The day was clear, warm and no wind. We used our launch rail, straight up. We flew our recently developed rockets with fair success.

Temperature=55F, Pressure=30.061inHg, Wind=2-6mph, Altitude=331ft

Objectives

Try to get the weights right for the selected motors.
Continue working on the chute deployment.

Lessons

We need more focus on chute deployment. On the 2nd Gold flight the booster chute did not deploy. The 1st Pink flight had tangles chutes.
We should look to collecting motor lot numbers.

Launches

Team	Rocket	Flight	Motor	Weight	Alt	Recovery	Altitude	Time	Comment
5179	Gold (video)	1	F39-6	508g	11	2-15"/12"	846ft	46sec	nice flight, score=10
5179	Gold (video)	2	F39-6	506g	11	2-15"/12"	828ft	44sec	nice flight, booster chute problem
5180	Multi (video)	1	F35-5	603g	12	2-15"/60"	742ft	40sec	ok flight, too low
5180	Multi (video)	2	F30-6	569g	12	2-15"/60"	732ft	51sec	ok flight, too low
5181	Pink (video)	1	F39-6	504g	13	2-15"/12"	849ft	43sec	nice flight, score=7, chutes tangled
5181	Pink (video)	2	F39-6	507g	13	2-15"/12"	846ft	41sec	nice flight, score=18