We're in a competition that awards bonus points if we take an onboard recording of the flight starting at launch and ending at landing.
"After all parts of the rocket has been recovered, the team shall return the payload to the ground station and download the video with a judge present. The...
That's correct, I'm an undergrad studying aerospace engineering. Theory and application of pitot tubes for airplanes has come up in my classes, so I'm familiar with how they work, I've just never heard of their use in model rocketry.
We're in a competition that requires us to use a pitot tube to determine the rocket's velocity. I've built a couple rockets before, but never even heard of using a pitot tube for this application. Is there any guiding wisdom here? Do I have to build one myself or is there somewhere I can by one...