Flight Field.
The most powerful engine that could be comfortably and safely flown at the school would be a D engine. However, because the field is so close to 100 feet, perhaps E engines may also be flown. My rocket an be flown if an adapter for an E or D engine is installed. F engines will not fly. (Pun intended)
Trackers - Tracker are responsible for using an Altimeter to measure the angle of the rocket during flight and then calculate the heights of the launch using trigonometry. Trackers may also be in charge of timing the flights.
Recovery Team - The recovery team is in charge of recovering the rocket after launch. Usually there is at least one watcher as well as two runners. The watcher makes sure not to lose a visual of the rocket, and the runners are the ones on foot who actually recover the rocket.
Range Safety Officer - The range safety officer is the enforcer who is tasked with ensuring that all safety precautions are taken and that all safety protocols are reinforced. Some of these responsibilities may be assuring the rockets themselves are safe, ensuring that the rocket engines will not prematurely ignite, and assuring that all observers are at a safe distance when the rockets are launched.
The wind is blowing in the West in this picture if we assume that the view is facing North in this picture. This can be determined by looking at the flags illustrated in this diagram.
One should launch into the wind rather than with it, as overstable rockets will have the tendency to turn even more into the wind when affected by it.
Recovery Team - The recovery team is in charge of recovering the rocket after launch. Usually there is at least one watcher as well as two runners. The watcher makes sure not to lose a visual of the rocket, and the runners are the ones on foot who actually recover the rocket.
Range Safety Officer - The range safety officer is the enforcer who is tasked with ensuring that all safety precautions are taken and that all safety protocols are reinforced. Some of these responsibilities may be assuring the rockets themselves are safe, ensuring that the rocket engines will not prematurely ignite, and assuring that all observers are at a safe distance when the rockets are launched.
The wind is blowing in the West in this picture if we assume that the view is facing North in this picture. This can be determined by looking at the flags illustrated in this diagram.
One should launch into the wind rather than with it, as overstable rockets will have the tendency to turn even more into the wind when affected by it.
Altitude.
The trackers should try to be approximately the same distance away from the launch pad that the rocket is expected to fly upward. Two trackers would stand at opposite ends of the pad because the rockets tend to not always fly straight up. Both angles are taken, and the calculated heights are then averaged to provide more accurate results.