2021 Rocketry Starter Kit the AMERICAN ROCKETRY CHALLENGE the WORLD’S LARGEST STUDENT ROCKET CONTEST
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2021 Rocketry Starter Kit THE AMERICAN ROCKETRY CHALLENGE THE WORLD’S LARGEST STUDENT ROCKET CONTEST The American Rocketry Challenge—now in its 19th year—is the world’s largest rocket contest, with nearly 5,000 students nationwide competing annually. The contest provides students in 6th – 12th grades the opportunity to design, build, and launch model rockets and gain hands-on experience solving engineering problems. Sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association, the National Association of R ocketry, and m ore than twenty ae rospace industry pa rtners, including NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration,d the a n Department of Defense, the challenge is the aerospace industry’s flagship program designed to encourage students to study science, technology, engineering and math. WHAT WILL MY STUDENTS GAIN FROM WHAT ARE THE KEY DEADLINES? PARTICIPATING IN THE CHALLENGE? • Sept 1 – 2021 Registration Opens • Teamwork • Dec 1 – 2021 Registration Closes • Leadership Skills • Apr 5 – Qualification Flight Scores Due • Hands-on Engineering Experience • Apr 12 – 2021 Finalists Announced • Problem-Solving Skills • May 15 – 2021 National Finals WHAT ARE THE RULES? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WIN? Teams are made up of three to 10 students between After official qualification flights are submitted, the 6th and 12th grade, a supervisor, and an official top 100 teams are invited to attend the National Rocketry Challenge mentor. Finals in Washington, D.C. The rules vary slightly each year to provide a new Teams competing at the Final Fly-Off look to capture challenge to competitors. The 2021 rules require their share of over $100,000 in cash prizes. There are teams to design, build, and launch a model rocket also special awards for activities throughout the day. that carries one raw egg to an altitude of 800 feet, The team that places first at the National Finals wins stays airborne for 40 - 43 seconds, and return the an all-expenses-paid trip to represent the United rocket to the ground safely with the egg intact. States in the International Rocketry Challenge, hosted at the Paris Air Show in Paris, France in Jun WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT 2021. The United States Rocketry Team competes ROCKETRY? against the winning teams from Japan, the United The American Rocketry Challenge features a Kingdom, and France. nationwide network of aerospace professionals and rocketry experts from the National Association of Rocketry and the American Institute of Aeronautics Contact Program Manager Jeremy Davis at and Astronautics who are willing and available to [email protected] or 703-358-1000. mentor your team. These mentors can help with the organizing, rocket building, and career p athway Visit RocketContest.org to learn more. exploration. @RocketContest T he American Rocketry Challenge 2021 Explained 3 The rocket must reach an altitude 4 of 800 feet. Teams are penalized one point for every foot above or All parts of the rocket must descend below the goal. safely and remain connected together. Rockets must descend using at least one parachute. 2 5 The rocket must carry a payload of one raw egg and safly return The duration of the flight must be it to the ground uncracked. All between 40 to 43 seconds. Teams parts of the rocket must remain are penalized by four points for tethered or connected through each second outside that window. takeoff and landing. 1 6 At the National Finals, the rockets Teams of 3 to 10 students will be required to reach two new work together to design altitude goals of 775 or 825 feet and construct a rocket. within 39-42 seconds or 41-44 seconds respectively. SCORING: Teams are ranked SCORING on the combined = Unbroken # of feet seconds FOR EACH Eggs over/under ++ over/under X 4 score from their FLIGHT two best flights, the lower the better! FLIGHT 1 + FLIGHT 2 = TOTAL SCORE NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARD © COPYRIGHT 2019 AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FED. SUPPLY CLASS NONE 2021 RULES June 10, 2020 Edition THE AMERICAN ROCKETRY CHALLENGE AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,OF AEROSPACE INDUSTRIESINC ASSOCIATION WILSON BLVD. 1000 VA 22209 ARLINGTON, JUNE 10, 2020 REVISION DATE: www.aia-nas.org ISSUE DATE:SEPTEMBER 2002 THIS DRAWING SUPERSEDES ALL ANTECEDENT STANDARD DRAWINGS FOR THE FOR DRAWINGS SAMESTANDARD THISANTECEDENT SUPERSEDES DRAWING ALL MONTHS FROM LATER SIXTHE THAN EFFECTIVE LAST PRODUCT NO BECOME AND SHALL REVISION DATE. THIRD CUSTODIAN REVISION ANGLE PROJECTION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ROCKETRY 21 CLASSIFICATION PROCUREMENT TITLE 01 SPECIFICATION STANDARD PRACTICE - 2021 RULES, NONE THE AMERICAN ROCKETRY CHALLENGE TARC-1 FORM FORM 12 SHEET 1 OF 6 USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARD IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. AIA DOES NOT QUALIFY SUPPLIERS OR CERTIFY CONFORMANCE OF ITEMS PRODUCED UNDER NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARDS. AIA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR CLAIM RESPECTING (1) THE SUITABILITY OF ITEMS FOR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION OR (2) THE EXISTENCE OF OR APPLICABILITY THERETO OF PATENT OR TRADEMARKS RIGHTS. NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARD © COPYRIGHT 2019 AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SCOPE .....................................................................................................................................3 2. CONTEST RULES.......................................................................................................................3 2.1 SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................3 2.2 TEAMS .....................................................................................................................................3 2.3 ROCKET REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................................................................3 2.4 PAYLOAD .................................................................................................................................4 1000 WILSON WILSON BLVD. 1000 VA 22209 ARLINGTON, AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,OF AEROSPACE INDUSTRIESINC ASSOCIATION 2.5 DURATION SCORING ................................................................................................................4 2.6 ALTITUDE SCORING .................................................................................................................4 2.7 FLIGHTS ..................................................................................................................................4 2.8 SAFE RECOVERY .......................................................................................................................5 2.9 RETURNS .................................................................................................................................5 2.10 LAUNCH SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................5 2.11 FLIGHT CONTROL .....................................................................................................................5 2.12 PLACES ....................................................................................................................................5 3. AIA’S NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARDS .................................................................................6 IX MONTHS FROM THE LAST MONTHS FROM THE IXLAST THIS DRAWING SUPERSEDES ALL ANTECEDENT STANDARD DRAWINGS FOR THE FOR DRAWINGS SAMESTANDARD THISANTECEDENT SUPERSEDES DRAWING ALL LATER S THAN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT NO BECOME AND SHALL REVISION DATE. REVISION 01 - 21 9 TARC-1 FORM FORM 1 SHEET 2 USE OF OR RELIANCE UPON THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARD IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. AIA DOES NOT QUALIFY SUPPLIERS OR CERTIFY CONFORMANCE OF ITEMS PRODUCED UNDER NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARDS. AIA MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR CLAIM RESPECTING (1) THE SUITABILITY OF ITEMS FOR ANY PARTICULAR APPLICATION OR (2) THE EXISTENCE OF OR APPLICABILITY THERETO OF PATENT OR TRADEMARKS RIGHTS. NATIONAL AEROSPACE STANDARD © COPYRIGHT 2019 AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1. SCOPE This document provides the rules for the 2021 American Rocketry Challenge. 2. CONTEST RULES 2.1 SAFETY All rockets must be built and flown in accordance with the Model Rocket Safety Code of the National Association of Rocketry (NAR), any applicable local fire regulations, and Federal Aviation Regulations. Rockets flown at the Finals must have previously flown safely and successfully. Rockets will be inspected before launch and observed during flight by a NAR official, whose judgment on their compliance with the Safety Code and with these rules will be final. Teams are encouraged to consult with designated NAR officials who are running this event well before the fly-off to resolve any questions about design, the Safety Code, or these rules. 2.2 TEAMS The application for a team must come from a single school or a single U.S. incorporated non-profit youth or educational 1000 WILSON WILSON BLVD. 1000 VA 22209 ARLINGTON, AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA,OF AEROSPACE INDUSTRIESINC ASSOCIATION organization (excluding the National Association of Rocketry, Tripoli Rocketry Association, or any of their local chapters or any other incorporated rocket organization). There is no limit to the number of teams that may be entered from any single school or organization, but no more than two teams containing students who attend the same school