| The aim of this project was to design from scratch a functioning rocket capable of sustaining the stress and high g-forces of a solid engine launch, and to carry out a scientific purpose whilst in flight. Our rocket was to contain a small pin hole video camera which was to be used to record live footage of the launch and beam it down real time to a receiver which recorded the stream onto a hard disk. The idea being that using rather simple geometry the video footage can be used to give a measurment of alitude against time thus being able to calculate the acceleration and velocity as a function of time. The onboard flight computer R-Das has the capacity to measure the altitude during flight by comparing pressure differences in the atmosphere, and so the camera test will not only provide a stunning onboard camera footage of the launch (looking downwards), but also allows confirmation of the rockets altitude. |