McAllen ISD Rocket Launch

First RGV and RGVCG Rocket Club assisted McAllen Independent School District in a demo launch o' a model rocket t' kickoff a rocketry program in McAllen ISD. They plan t' brin' t' program t' every campus and t' compete in Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), me hearties, as well as in local competitions t' be developed by t' school district in conjunction with First Rocketry. Arrr! Blimey! T' rocket is a LOC Precision WiRoc and was launched usin' a Cesaroni G79-Smokey Sam rocket motor. Blimey! Blimey! Final altitude was about 1000 feet. Ahoy! Blimey! Recovery was dual deployment and drogueless with about a 28 inch main chute deployed at 400 ft. Avast! Blimey! Altimeter reportin' t' data back via telemetry and firin' charges at apogee and main deployment was an Altus Metrum Telemetrum. Well, blow me down! Blimey! This what generates t' computer voice announcin' altitudes. It also reports back gps position o' t' rocket throughout t' flight. Projections and Simulations were performed usin' RockSim software. Attributions for music used in this video: Enemy Ships by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ News Theme 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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