DAllen
Well-Known Member
So a buddy of mine and I tag team responsibilities for mentoring the Notre Dame rocket team. Today we launched in Huntsville with dozens of other schools.
What a roller coaster of emotions.
The up part was super duper straight...down part? Weeeeelllllllll....
First, the drogue failed to deploy which is likely due to a faulty altimeter or connection. Not completely sure just what the issue(S) were because we haven't examined everything yet so I'd rather not speculate. Rocket comes in ballistic and deployed the main at velocity which disconnected the fin can and did some other damage.
The rocket comes back in and our team captain manages to fire up the good altimeter. Target altitude was one mile. We came within 6 feet = 5286'. Not only did we get closest but we also set a NASA record. Unbelievable.
Then we find out one of the payloads worked.
Then we find out at the banquet that there might be enough recovered data to prove that the other payload worked.
Im ready for a beer.
What a roller coaster of emotions.
The up part was super duper straight...down part? Weeeeelllllllll....
First, the drogue failed to deploy which is likely due to a faulty altimeter or connection. Not completely sure just what the issue(S) were because we haven't examined everything yet so I'd rather not speculate. Rocket comes in ballistic and deployed the main at velocity which disconnected the fin can and did some other damage.
The rocket comes back in and our team captain manages to fire up the good altimeter. Target altitude was one mile. We came within 6 feet = 5286'. Not only did we get closest but we also set a NASA record. Unbelievable.
Then we find out one of the payloads worked.
Then we find out at the banquet that there might be enough recovered data to prove that the other payload worked.
Im ready for a beer.