Saturday, the 16th of March, 2024 @ 9:30 - 11:00

First flight results:

We were frustrated at still flying so high and long even though we added all that weight, it was probably partially because of how good the weather was that we still went so high.

The second flight was a distaster. The rocket split into two pieces, the elastic cord between the bottom half and the transition with the parachtue is normally tied onto the transition, but somehow became untied, possible because the ejection on our motor was so soon so it was still travelling too fast when that happened. The top part came down not attached to the parachute, so the egg broke violently. We got 605' but it might have been inaccurate because the altimeter had come loose at some point in the flight. Luckily no structural or hard to replace parts were seriously damaged.

Because we're still going so high even though we're at the weight limit, we're going to try to add as much drag as we easily can with velcro and 3D printing a much rouger transition. Hopefully we're going higher than we want right now partially because of the weather today, and if we launch in more wind we won't go as high.
OpenRocket simulation file used: SQH rocket 3.ork