
April 12th and 13th, 2014
The Spring Grove Area High School Rocketry team will be launching there full scale 8 foot long rocket weighing in at about 30 pounds with an L-1120 V-Max Motor. The Rocket is expected to reach a height of 5800 feet while carrying a scientific payload measuring magnetic radiation waves. We will be launching at Higgs Farm in Price, Maryland on April 12th from 9AM to 5PM and on April 13th from 9AM to about 12PM. This is part of their Red Glare weekend and we will be launching with many other large scale rockets from around the East coast, even ones reaching heights of 16,000 feet.
http://www.mdrocketry.org/Launches/RedGlare16/
The Spring Grove Area High School Rocketry team will be launching there full scale 8 foot long rocket weighing in at about 30 pounds with an L-1120 V-Max Motor. The Rocket is expected to reach a height of 5800 feet while carrying a scientific payload measuring magnetic radiation waves. We will be launching at Higgs Farm in Price, Maryland on April 12th from 9AM to 5PM and on April 13th from 9AM to about 12PM. This is part of their Red Glare weekend and we will be launching with many other large scale rockets from around the East coast, even ones reaching heights of 16,000 feet.
http://www.mdrocketry.org/Launches/RedGlare16/
April 12th, 2014
The team traveled to Price, Maryland on April 12th to test their new rocket design also named "The Black Mamba". The rocket was weighed in on the pad at 38.3 pounds and 9 foot, 2 inches tall. The first time the rocket was fired, it went off the pad with a larger, more powerful L-4200 Cesaroni Technology C-Star that shot the rocket to an altitude of 5,956 feet. The rocket left the rail very straight and stable, so the launch was a success. There was only one small malfunction as the payload only measured for 6 minutes while it was on the pad. This did not allow for any data to be processed on the first launch as it did not measure while it was at apogee.
The second launch of the day was launched around 4 PM and the team decided to change motors to the quicker burning and faster L-3200 V-Max Motor. This allowed for a lot of excitement in anticipation of the next launch. The rocket left the pad very straight until 300 feet where we had a uncontrollable motor failure that caused the rocket to break right after the motor mount destroying the back half of the rocket. It was overall a successful day full of its ups and downs, but we leave here with a front half, a lot of new, helpful experience, and once again that rush of thrill and adrenaline. Look for us for updates on our next adventure on update on what our plan is for the rocket.
Below are pictures from the launch:
The team traveled to Price, Maryland on April 12th to test their new rocket design also named "The Black Mamba". The rocket was weighed in on the pad at 38.3 pounds and 9 foot, 2 inches tall. The first time the rocket was fired, it went off the pad with a larger, more powerful L-4200 Cesaroni Technology C-Star that shot the rocket to an altitude of 5,956 feet. The rocket left the rail very straight and stable, so the launch was a success. There was only one small malfunction as the payload only measured for 6 minutes while it was on the pad. This did not allow for any data to be processed on the first launch as it did not measure while it was at apogee.
The second launch of the day was launched around 4 PM and the team decided to change motors to the quicker burning and faster L-3200 V-Max Motor. This allowed for a lot of excitement in anticipation of the next launch. The rocket left the pad very straight until 300 feet where we had a uncontrollable motor failure that caused the rocket to break right after the motor mount destroying the back half of the rocket. It was overall a successful day full of its ups and downs, but we leave here with a front half, a lot of new, helpful experience, and once again that rush of thrill and adrenaline. Look for us for updates on our next adventure on update on what our plan is for the rocket.
Below are pictures from the launch: