Rocketry Planet

The Royal Liberty School Team 1 from Romford in Essex, UK was named as the 2009 winner of the UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge.  UKAYRoC is the UK version of the U.S. Team America Rocketry Challenge.

Member of the Royal Liberty School Team 2 accept the top spot at the 2009 UKAYRoC final.

On April 2, 2009 at Charterhouse School, in Surrey, UK, 20 teams from across the United Kingdom gathered for the final of the 2009 UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge. Royal Liberty School Team 1, from Romford in Essex, took home the winner's trophy by completing the contest's task most successfully.

Teams had to build and test their model rockets attempting to meet the mission requirements, that of carrying one raw egg to reach exactly 750 feet above the ground with a flight duration of exactly 45 seconds from lift-off to touchdown. The egg has to travel perpendicular to the flight of the rocket and returned back to earth undamaged.

The winners of UKAYRoC event will now attend the U.S. Team America Rocketry Challenge on May 16, 2009, in the USA and also attend the Paris Air Show in June of 2009.

Second place was awarded to Saffron Walden Team 1 also from Essex, UK, third place to Victoria College from Belfast, fourth place to Thornton Grammar from Bradford while fifth place went to Royal Liberty School Team 2.

Reader comments:

#1 Re: Article: Royal Liberty School named 2009 UKAYRoC winner

Outstanding work!

Rocketflyer on 04-08-2009 08:21 AM

#2 Re: Article: Royal Liberty School named 2009 UKAYRoC winner

Anyone know what their best time/altitude was? Times/altitudes from the other top teams?

n5wd on 04-08-2009 11:43 AM

#3 Re: Article: Royal Liberty School named 2009 UKAYRoC winner

I was fishing around yesterday after reading this news and found very little information about how they did it. In contest event coverage we used to describe the rocket, the motor, the launcher and any special tricks used. That would be interesting since the motor options for such a contest are so diverse.

Jerry

Just Jerry on 04-08-2009 01:02 PM

Registered users can add comments and discuss this article. To participate, please login or register.