The Design and Technology High Achievers group had lots of fun last Thursday at the regional competition for the UK ROC Youth Rocketry Challenge. Held at the historic Stow Maries Aerodrome, the four groups had two attempts each to launch their self-made rockets to 820ft with a raw egg as a payload. After rigorous weight, dimension and flight checks, the pupils loaded their ‘egg-stronauts’ and headed for the launch site. Despite the windy weather, all four rockets launched successfully…. despite resulting in a few cracked eggs, a lost nose cone and one rocket landing on the roof of the judges building!
After tweaking and repairing, the second launch proved to be far more controlled, with all rockets successfully reaching the target altitude and one even reaching an incredible 1099ft! With two surviving eggs, Team Supernova and Team Vulcan made it onto the scoreboard, notably coming 7th and 12th place respectively (out of 60 flights on the day). Well done too to Team Nebula and Team Proto for impressive launches!
Overall, all teams worked hard before the competition to design, test, construct and decorate their rockets, and fully embraced the challenges encountered on the day. Well done D.T. High Achievers!
