TARC (placing 8th in the nation in 2010) and we have done the follow-on NASA Student Launch Initiative for two years. Our contact information: Email: Skype: rkoepke01 House Phone: (714) 288-0321 Cell Phones – Bob: (949) 331-4160 Jann: (714) 602-0726 Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have – we’ll do our best to help. There are several parts in this set of documents meant to help you get started with your design: Part 1: Is this introductory section Part 2: Provides an overview of designing a rocket together with some sources for parts Part 3: Provides more details for designing your rocket Patt 4: Provides a picture, weight, and source for some of the components you may use in your rocket Part 5: Are general rules of thumb for model rocket design. These are NOT absolutes – merely starting points (edited list from the Info Central Web Site) Part 6: Is a list of the tools and components we suggest you have in a toolbox/field box that you will need during the building and launching of your rocket. The AIAA OC Section loans this toolbox to the teams sponsored by AIAA. Other teams might want to use this list as a guideline for what they might need for design and in their field box Part 7: Is the flight record. You should record the conditions and details of each flight you make during this contest. The design process is iterative – that is, use Rocksim to design and simulate your rocket – fine tuning it until the flight matches the challenge. But simulation and real life often do not match 1 for 1. So test fly your rocket, record the results, then go back to Rocksim and make changes so your simulations and real life more closely align. Then repeat the process until the simulation matches real life, and real life matches the challenge. Then you are ready for a qualification flight. The TARC documentation says that successful teams have 10 or more test flights. Historically, AIAA OC Section teams have had 20 to 30 test flights. Our schedule will provide many opportunities for launch – it is up to you to be ready for them.
TARC (placing 8th in the nation in 2010) and we have done the follow-on NASA Student Launch Initiative for two years. Our contact information: Email: Skype: rkoepke01 House Phone: (714) 288-0321 Cell Phones – Bob: (949) 331-4160 Jann: (714) 602-0726 Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have – we’ll do our best to help. There are several parts in this set of documents meant to help you get started with your design: Part 1: Is this introductory section Part 2: Provides an overview of designing a rocket together with some sources for parts Part 3: Provides more details for designing your rocket Patt 4: Provides a picture, weight, and source for some of the components you may use in your rocket Part 5: Are general rules of thumb for model rocket design. These are NOT absolutes – merely starting points (edited list from the Info Central Web Site) Part 6: Is a list of the tools and components we suggest you have in a toolbox/field box that you will need during the building and launching of your rocket. The AIAA OC Section loans this toolbox to the teams sponsored by AIAA. Other teams might want to use this list as a guideline for what they might need for design and in their field box Part 7: Is the flight record. You should record the conditions and details of each flight you make during this contest. The design process is iterative – that is, use Rocksim to design and simulate your rocket – fine tuning it until the flight matches the challenge. But simulation and real life often do not match 1 for 1. So test fly your rocket, record the results, then go back to Rocksim and make changes so your simulations and real life more closely align. Then repeat the process until the simulation matches real life, and real life matches the challenge. Then you are ready for a qualification flight. The TARC documentation says that successful teams have 10 or more test flights. Historically, AIAA OC Section teams have had 20 to 30 test flights. Our schedule will provide many opportunities for launch – it is up to you to be ready for them.
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