Written by Joel Cool-Panama, Treasurer, RRS.org
On the final Saturday of May, UCLA held the capstone event for their underclassmen rocketry program students. Most, if not all, of these students will go on to join Rocket Project at UCLA.
The launches started around 10am, and went on until about 2pm. A couple of groups had two-stage rockets, thought most were single-stage. Out of all the groups, only one had their parachute deploy successfully. Also, one group had an issue with the fins on their rocket, leading to it careening south towards the mountains.
Special thanks to Frank for serving as our pyro-op for the event. Also thanks to Osvaldo, as he did some work on our bathroom in the afternoon, after UCLA had left, and shade became available.
Stay tuned for updates as they come out. The June monthly meeting will be on Friday the 13th. Our next work event will be announced then as well.
I was a member in 1969 and launched a Beta rocket. 13 lbs zinc dust and sulfur. The nose cone came off at launch and it only went 6,000 ft, but reached over 700 mph in less than a second
George Dosa was a great help.