Hello All!
I am a member of my high school rocketry team and every year we compete at TARC attempting to make it to finals. Last year, we all went and it was a blast. We also try to think of a larger project as a side to TARC. Last year, we all did our L1s. Many completed theirs on a Zephyr, some on Spitfires, and Excels. This year, as half of the team will be graduating or are upperclassman, we would like to try and make a larger rocket that will take up a good chunk of time, something that will be for all of us to chip in on. Currently hanging on the walls in our shop class, there are two what look to be 10 foot rockets with what I think are either 75 or 98 mm motor tubes. Of course, these were not flown by the teammates but by more experienced adults. I was looking at a 5.5 inch Iris kit, but still the idea is in the air. We are in Southern California, so with the big rockets we would have to drive out to the desert. We have also done weather balloons for the 2016 solar eclipse, but that was before I attended the school. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be awesome!
I am a member of my high school rocketry team and every year we compete at TARC attempting to make it to finals. Last year, we all went and it was a blast. We also try to think of a larger project as a side to TARC. Last year, we all did our L1s. Many completed theirs on a Zephyr, some on Spitfires, and Excels. This year, as half of the team will be graduating or are upperclassman, we would like to try and make a larger rocket that will take up a good chunk of time, something that will be for all of us to chip in on. Currently hanging on the walls in our shop class, there are two what look to be 10 foot rockets with what I think are either 75 or 98 mm motor tubes. Of course, these were not flown by the teammates but by more experienced adults. I was looking at a 5.5 inch Iris kit, but still the idea is in the air. We are in Southern California, so with the big rockets we would have to drive out to the desert. We have also done weather balloons for the 2016 solar eclipse, but that was before I attended the school. If anyone has any suggestions, that would be awesome!