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Day of Flight - 30/10/2008

We meet at school early to prepare the last details. Rescheduled some PIC 's charging them programs made the night before, hoping that some of them can make the flight.
After the trip about an hour and a half, we came to San Vicente where we met with two schools more and different members of the ACEMA .
The land belongs to William Barefoot, also a member of the ACEMA .
soon as we arrived we set up the tent would put all our instruments. Once unpacked
all brought the bus, witness some shots from his total success until destruction on the ground.
Later, along with Leandro Arcusin we set out to test the emergency programs made the night before.
At the beginning and without knowing why, the PIC 's too hot to connect on the plate and apply pressure . That is why we redid the auxiliary connections (cables and resistors were added at the last moment in a rudimentary way) with more care.
The connections consisted auxiliary cables and a resistance directly out of the shafts used for power (bronze long screws that pass through all the plates) and were to some port PIC to return in the same way the other axis.
After this touch, the auxiliary program HPWM 8 began to function properly.
The way we use to detect the operation, was used a satellite created by students from 4 to year electronic who came with us to the field. This antenna received a signal and a tone emitting the same frequency headphones. That way when varying the pressure , varied sound. The higher was the rocket should sharpest tone sounds of the antenna and the more bass, more serious.
Happy with what we were able to improvise, we went to lunch a good roast.
After lunch, we continue giving final touches to the plate. Our biggest challenge
, was to assemble some kind of sensor that allowed us to detect the launch. To do this, use two metal contacts , separated by a makeshift insulation cut. This cut through a wire, the rocket went out and tied to the base, so the rocket takeoff tear the insulation and the two plates enter into contact, detecting and takeoff. This task was not easy because we were constrained by the structure of the rocket and the absence of a strong thread to pull takeoff. Such was the uncertainty, we did not know if it would work until the time of takeoff. When the time
take-off of our rocket barely throw the absence of heads that fit into our rocket. After solving this problem, we take up the launch base, place it and retired to a safe distance.
The launch was a success and we hear the rise and fall of the rocket through the antenna named above. Happy
so accomplished, we returned to school, finishing the day not the best way (because we preferred to shoot the rocket program), but still happy. I can see some photos of this memorable event:

Preparing the "fuel" of rockets.

Armando carp Maravankin points us to the North.

Secrets MEETING ON bad education.

One of the takeoffs.

roast.

Leandro Thanks for everything you taught us.
With love and Wajs Mati.

Students who made the antenna ... and antenna.

Ezequiel Leandro and putting the finishing touches. Matias
monitors than any asteroid we ruin the evening.

All.

to get our share here in CanSat project, begun in March and carried out throughout the 2008 school year. We are grateful to our teachers Edgardo Baez, Leandro Mariano Arcusin and Foullier by knowledge and good humor transmitted to Nostra. Close this time that was certainly rewarding for us hope that this blog is useful for anyone who needs it or find it. Without more we take for closing this blog that contains all of our experiences, successes and failures.

Maravankin and Matias Ezequiel Wajs.