Model Rocket - Payload Altitude Competition - PPA13-V1.0

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This is the second of the printed competition models that I recently flew at the National Association of Rocketry's 60th annual meet, The Eggloft Altitude model I described earlier can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3056609. The rocket in this Thing is a Payload Altitude model, and it was my personal goal to determine if printed models could compete against conventional materials. Other than a few printed nosecones and details used in scale models, printing has rarely been utilized. This model is 100% printed in ABS, and it flew twice at the contest with both flights being perfectly straight (one in a fairly high wind). Unfortunately, due to my inexperience with tiny electronic altimeters, it didn't get a recorded altitude on either flight. The Payload event aims to fly a one-ounce weight to the highest possible altitude. This model is designed for 13 mm model rocket motors, which should enable it to be flown in 'A' motor class events (and 'B' class if a 13mm B motor becomes available). Once I get the details of flying it sorted out, I believe this model will be competitive in this event. http://nar.org http://nar.org/site/naram-60/ My other Things: https://www.thingiverse.com/garyacrowellsr/designs My other Model Rocket Things:https://www.thingiverse.com/garyacrowellsr/collections/model-rockets-vcp My Model Rocket Collection: https://www.thingiverse.com/garyacrowellsr/collections/model-rockets My Collections: https://www.thingiverse.com/garyacrowellsr/collections