bandman444
Well-Known Member
Ok now this thread I am sure will very quickly get over my head, but I thought this would be very interesting as I will for sure learn a lot.
I am very intrigued by what I have heard student testing and putting in rockets, namely USLI/SLI payloads.
I really wish I could be a part of a team like that and learn how it all works.
[Rant on/]
:rant:
I have fought with our schools administration about starting a rocketry team, and I have always gotten the, "oh thats nice, find some other teacher to do it." Absolutely no teachers on our campus want to "host" the "Rocketry Team" for a million different reasons. SO after meeting with the principal about the matter, (And another round of "Oh isn't that nice") he mandated the Science Chair to run the club (He didn't have any clubs anyway ). Obviously he has been no help, even "Skipping Lunch" when our club was supposed to meet.
:rant:
EVERY YEAR (since I started it my freshman year three years ago!!!) WE HAVE DESIGNED and BUILT a working completed pair of rockets.
:rant:
For those well versed in TARC (Or anything in that matter)
:rant:
Step one is design, two is build, three is.... TEST!!! Well guess what, without a advisor to the club, we can not launch. Which means $105 paid to enter the competition and wasted not being able to prove our designs. I finally took our team (as a random group of friends of course, not a club) to ROCSTOCK and let them watch a launch, for the first time ever.
:rant:
[Rant off/]
I want to work by myself on something much more complex than a TARC rocket. I would love to be able to compete in SLI but we have to place in TARC first, not to mention the whole rant section over again. Watching the videos of SLI I can't help but drool over the electronics inside those rockets.
I want to know:
What electronics have been put in those style rockets? (Obviously more than an altimeter or accelerometer.)
Where do you buy, build, design complex electronics bays?
When I find what I'm looking for, I ultimately would like to develop a research project and carry out something with scientific merit.
It sounds above my capabilities, but thats why its called learning, right?
I am very intrigued by what I have heard student testing and putting in rockets, namely USLI/SLI payloads.
I really wish I could be a part of a team like that and learn how it all works.
[Rant on/]
:rant:
I have fought with our schools administration about starting a rocketry team, and I have always gotten the, "oh thats nice, find some other teacher to do it." Absolutely no teachers on our campus want to "host" the "Rocketry Team" for a million different reasons. SO after meeting with the principal about the matter, (And another round of "Oh isn't that nice") he mandated the Science Chair to run the club (He didn't have any clubs anyway ). Obviously he has been no help, even "Skipping Lunch" when our club was supposed to meet.
:rant:
EVERY YEAR (since I started it my freshman year three years ago!!!) WE HAVE DESIGNED and BUILT a working completed pair of rockets.
:rant:
For those well versed in TARC (Or anything in that matter)
:rant:
Step one is design, two is build, three is.... TEST!!! Well guess what, without a advisor to the club, we can not launch. Which means $105 paid to enter the competition and wasted not being able to prove our designs. I finally took our team (as a random group of friends of course, not a club) to ROCSTOCK and let them watch a launch, for the first time ever.
:rant:
[Rant off/]
I want to work by myself on something much more complex than a TARC rocket. I would love to be able to compete in SLI but we have to place in TARC first, not to mention the whole rant section over again. Watching the videos of SLI I can't help but drool over the electronics inside those rockets.
I want to know:
What electronics have been put in those style rockets? (Obviously more than an altimeter or accelerometer.)
Where do you buy, build, design complex electronics bays?
When I find what I'm looking for, I ultimately would like to develop a research project and carry out something with scientific merit.
It sounds above my capabilities, but thats why its called learning, right?