The team from Creekview Middle School in Canton was the only Georgia team among the 101 finalists and 20 alternates to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) for 2016.
The finals will be held May 14 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.
The object of TARC is for a school or non-profit youth team to launch a model rocket, powered by an “F”-power rocket motor, carrying two raw hen’s eggs to 850 feet in altitude, and return the eggs unbroken to the ground in 45 seconds. The score is determined by how close the flight comes to those target times and altitudes. Lower scores are obviously preferred. The cutoff score for making the finals this year was 37.20.
The finalists will each make one flight at the finals; the top twenty-four from the results of those flights will get a second flight. The results of the two flights will be added to determine the winners. The prizes and scholarships to be won total more than $100,000. The winning team will travel to the Farnborough International Air Show in London, courtesy of the Raytheon Company, to compete in the International Rocketry Challenge with teams from France, the United Kingdom and Japan.
The team from Creekview Middle School in Canton was the only Georgia team among the 101 finalists and 20 alternates to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) for 2016.
The finals will be held May 14 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.
The object of TARC is for a school or non-profit youth team to launch a model rocket, powered by an “F”-power rocket motor, carrying two raw hen’s eggs to 850 feet in altitude, and return the eggs unbroken to the ground in 45 seconds. The score is determined by how close the flight comes to those target times and altitudes. Lower scores are obviously preferred. The cutoff score for making the finals this year was 37.20.
The finalists will each make one flight at the finals; the top twenty-four from the results of those flights will get a second flight. The results of the two flights will be added to determine the winners. The prizes and scholarships to be won total more than $100,000. The winning team will travel to the Farnborough International Air Show in London, courtesy of the Raytheon Company, to compete in the International Rocketry Challenge with teams from France, the United Kingdom and Japan.
The team from Creekview Middle School in Canton was the only Georgia team among the 101 finalists and 20 alternates to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) for 2016.
The finals will be held May 14 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia.
The object of TARC is for a school or non-profit youth team to launch a model rocket, powered by an “F”-power rocket motor, carrying two raw hen’s eggs to 850 feet in altitude, and return the eggs unbroken to the ground in 45 seconds. The score is determined by how close the flight comes to those target times and altitudes. Lower scores are obviously preferred. The cutoff score for making the finals this year was 37.20.
The finalists will each make one flight at the finals; the top twenty-four from the results of those flights will get a second flight. The results of the two flights will be added to determine the winners. The prizes and scholarships to be won total more than $100,000. The winning team will travel to the Farnborough International Air Show in London, courtesy of the Raytheon Company, to compete in the International Rocketry Challenge with teams from France, the United Kingdom and Japan.
A cloudy morning started with a just a few launches between the rain drops, but the weather slowly improved and by mid-morning blue skies began to appear and activity on the launch pads picked up. There were a total of 60 launches made by 26 participants including members from the Georgia Perimeter College Space Club. There were twenty rockets being flown for the first time; six of these were scratch built. We saw our first 3D printed rocket engineered by Denmark Hodges that completed two successful launches with an onboard GoPro HERO camera on Aerotech E28 motors (very extraordinary). Steve Bellio successfully launched and recovered four rockets that completed six total launches powered by everything from E15-4W to G77-4R.
Otherwise the B6-4 was the most often used motor throughout the day with twelve total launches followed by the D12-5 and B4-4 with six launches each. Oliver Long was the most active participant with a total of fourteen launches including a return of his Estes Leviathan sent skyward on an E16-6 and successfully recovered.
So what began as a dreary start became an enjoyable outing with visitors arriving throughout the day to enjoy the October skies and many impressive flights.
A cloudy morning started with a just a few launches between the rain drops, but the weather slowly improved and by mid-morning blue skies began to appear and activity on the launch pads picked up. There were a total of 60 launches made by 26 participants including members from the Georgia Perimeter College Space Club. There were twenty rockets being flown for the first time; six of these were scratch built. We saw our first 3D printed rocket engineered by Denmark Hodges that completed two successful launches with an onboard GoPro HERO camera on Aerotech E28 motors (very extraordinary). Steve Bellio successfully launched and recovered four rockets that completed six total launches powered by everything from E15-4W to G77-4R.
Otherwise the B6-4 was the most often used motor throughout the day with twelve total launches followed by the D12-5 and B4-4 with six launches each. Oliver Long was the most active participant with a total of fourteen launches including a return of his Estes Leviathan sent skyward on an E16-6 and successfully recovered.
So what began as a dreary start became an enjoyable outing with visitors arriving throughout the day to enjoy the October skies and many impressive flights.
