Red Rocket 2.0
Red Rocket
Prior to Red Rocket 2.0, Red Rocket was the first attempt for a level 2 Certification flight. The Process for a level 2 certification flight is similar to a level 1 certification only this time around you need to pass a knowledge test with a 80 percent or higher. After passing the test you are then able to launch the rocket. This I did and the launch was also a success. Where things went wrong was during the recovery. The rocket ended up landing in a cornfield where it was then lost. Luckly, I did include contact information and was able to recover the rocket. however, by the time I did it had been sitting outside for who knows how long, and when it landed hit in a bad positioning leading it to rip the side tube. In addition to that water got into the motor mount destroying it to the point it needed to be replaced. From this failure I learned two big lessons. The first is to track the rocket to prevent it from getting lost. Secondly is to plan for failure.
Red Rocket 2.0
Red Rocket 2.0 is the second attempt to obtain the level 2 High Powered Rocketry certification. As previously stated, it is the same as a level 1 certification with a knowledge exam. Because I had already passed the knowledge exam at the first launch and it was within the six-month period, I did not have to retake the exam. To repair the red rocket, I needed to replace the middle section of tubing, drill out the motor mount tube, make a tracker E-Bay, fix tube to fins and inner rings, the drill the relief hole to prevent the rocket from failing at the higher altitude, due to an explosion. Red rocket 2.0 required a wooden nose cone to get a stability factor of 2 which is the rule of thumb rocket launches. The launch was a success and fell back to the ground at a safe speed. On the way down it did end up hitting the sprinkler however did not damage the rocket enough to invalidate the launch. This did leave me with one last thing I learned and being to use a shoot release to one prevent it from traveling a long distance, and to control the landing site.
