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Bottle Rockets (B)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 10:10 am
by Over9000
An "Exploratory" Event at Nationals '09....

Does anybody have any plans for this one? I'm just kind of doing the classic design with a Parachute.

I'm in Division B by the way, so the rules are a lot more lax. And less specific. XD

Re: Bottle Rockets (B/C)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 10:13 am
by starpug
If you want ideas you'll probably find most of the info you need on the Egg-O-Naut thread and the Bottle Rockets Wiki

Re: Bottle Rockets (B/C)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 1:33 pm
by jazzy009
I dont think bottle rockets is an event for div c...? just out and back, protein modeling and microbe mission which got canceled.

Re: Bottle Rockets (B/C)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 1:42 pm
by starpug
jazzy009 wrote:I dont think bottle rockets is an event for div c...? just out and back, protein modeling and microbe mission which got canceled.
Makes sense since there's egg-o-naut in C

Re: Bottle Rockets (B/C)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 2:27 pm
by Over9000
Oh Sorry. Maybe that's what they call it, my friend up at the High School said he was doing Bottle Rockets. XD

Re: Bottle Rockets (B)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 3:56 pm
by Dark Sabre
Dunno what's going on, but it is an event for Div B. They are using the 2006 rules.

http://www.aug.edu/nso/b-events.htm

Re: Bottle Rockets (B)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 4:04 pm
by rocketman1555
are they doing parachutes or are they not allowing them this time?

Re: Bottle Rockets (B)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 4:11 pm
by starpug
Looks like anything that doesn't exceed 3 meters when combined with the rest of the rocket is fine for a recovery system.
Bottle Rocket Rules wrote:f. Rocket components may separate in flight, but must remain linked together. The maximum extendedlength of the rocket and its components shall not exceed 3 meters.
Bottle Rocket Rules wrote:h. Rockets may use any type of recovery device (including parachutes) that is safe and doesn'tviolate the rules.

Re: Bottle Rockets (B)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 4:35 pm
by sadistic_cottoncandy
would you be allowed to add stuff to your rocket if it didn't make the weight requirements? just like, put something inside the fuselage or something?

Re: Bottle Rockets (B)

Posted: April 30th, 2009, 4:38 pm
by rocketman1555
starpug wrote:Looks like anything that doesn't exceed 3 meters when combined with the rest of the rocket is fine for a recovery system.
Bottle Rocket Rules wrote:f. Rocket components may separate in flight, but must remain linked together. The maximum extendedlength of the rocket and its components shall not exceed 3 meters.
Bottle Rocket Rules wrote:h. Rockets may use any type of recovery device (including parachutes) that is safe and doesn'tviolate the rules.
is that for this year, or 2006? are they going to use those rules?