Friday, February 22, 2008

22nd February Launch

We had planned to launch today, but when we awoke to snow falling quite heavily I promptly postponed it. However, it cleared up round about 10 though, so myself, Shelby, Josiah, Peter and Lucas hurried and went out to catch what we could of the good weather. Set up was slow since we were missing Serena, Sarah and Mr. Bartel, but we got it done. Launched at 635 grams with a 19in parachute and hit 737 feet in 38 seconds. We're getting much closer! One of the fins broke, so we need to fix that before the next launch. Keep up your prayers!

-Capt. J. Salvatore

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Year Three

Greetings to all those who have stumbled across this blog.

In case you do not know, this is the official blog of the St. Andrew's Academy Rocketry Club. Here we post information regarding the Team America Rocketry Competition, notices to team members, and updates regarding our progress and our launches.

As Captain of this years team, I will be working as best as I can to make sure that this blog stays as up to date as possible.

It is my pleasure to announce that today we had our maiden flight of this year's rocket, and flew to a very successful 941 feet with no damage whatsoever. The goal for this year is to launch two eggs to 750 feet within a 45 second time frame. Our second flight today brought us to 783 feet and 36 seconds after a weight increase of about 58 grams. We will spend the next week or two re-evaluating and brain storming and will launch again soon.

Your ever-hopeful messenger of good news,

-Capt. J. Salvatore