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Date:
28th July 2012, 8:00am - 1:30pm
Location: Doonside, NSW, Australia
Conditions:
15 - 25km/h windy, mild ~15C, blue
skies
Team Members at Event:
Paul K, PK and
GK
Just a short update this
week. Today was NSWRA's competition day. It
was a fun day because we had more spectators
than normal as the competition day was
advertised through the local council paper
as a part of the Blacktown City games.
We also entered a couple of
the competitions with our pyro rockets.
We entered Paul's rocket in
the altitude and spot landing competitions.
The altitude competition was based on flying
nearest to the randomly chosen altitude of
341 feet. On our second flight we got to 327
feet, but were beaten by David H. with an
altitude of 344 feet.
We also entered into the
spot landing competition where we had to
land nearest the designated flag. We got to
within 29m of the flag which was the winning
distance. So Paul ended up with a medal, a
certificate and he also won a small pyro
rocket kit. He was nice enough to give the
rocket to his younger brother because he
wasn't able to come due to a soccer game.
Congratulations too to Ben
P. who ended up winning the egg loft
competition and David H. who also won the
glider duration competition when the clocks
stopped at around 80 seconds when we lost
sight of the glider in the distance.
Although we brought water
rockets, we only launched the Axion once due
to the strong breeze.
Launched at 120psi the flight was nominal
and the rocket landed well without incident. Pyro
rocket launches were also cut short because of the wind.
Thanks to all the NSWRA club
members for all their hard work to make the
comp day happen.
Scuba tanks article
Last week we put
together an article on
how to a use scuba tank as a water
rocket air supply as we have had quite a few
enquiries on how to do this. We've also
added a calculator for working out how many
launches you can get from a tank.
Development on other rocket projects has
been continuing well, but more on that next time.
Flight Details
| Launch |
Details |
| 1 |
|
Rocket |
|
Flygon |
|
Motor |
|
D12-7 |
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Altitude / Time |
|
? / ? |
|
Notes |
|
Good flight and
landed well under streamer, although
we had a bit of a walk to recover it |
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| 2 |
|
Rocket |
|
Axion |
|
Pressure |
|
120psi |
|
Nozzle |
|
9mm |
|
Water |
|
1900mL |
|
Flight Computer |
|
ST II - 5 seconds |
|
Payload |
|
None |
|
Altitude / Time |
|
? / ? |
|
Notes |
|
Good flight with
good deployment. Good landing. |
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| 3 |
|
Rocket |
|
Pod 2 (Paul's Praetor) |
|
Motor |
|
C6-5
|
|
Altitude / Time |
|
308' / ? |
|
Notes |
|
Good burn but
angled into the wind. Good landing, |
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| 4 |
|
Rocket |
|
Pod 2 (Paul's Praetor) |
|
Motor |
|
C6-5 |
|
Altitude / Time |
|
327' / ? |
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Notes |
|
Good flight, but
angled into the wind again. This
flight won the spot landing
competition. |
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