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CULPEPER, Virginia USA — Battle of the Rockets will be held again this year and the Fall Competition is open to all Tripoli and NAR members for the G and H altitude events. Whoever gets the highest altitude and beats last year's altitude wins. The competition will be held October 31 at Culpeper, Virginia.

The Spring Competition, to be held March 27, 2010, is open to high schools, universities, and community colleges. Three events will be held:

• the G class altitude event has a minimum altitude of 2281 feet set by Chantilly High School;
• the H class altitude event has a minimum altitude of 6201 feet set by University of Texas Arlington; and
• the third event is a planetary rover event where teams must design a rocket and rover to be launched to at least 1,000 feet and deploy the rover. The rover must successfully land and travel at least three meters autonomously.

The application form is posted and must be submitted no later than November 30, 2009. The competition guide is on line. All application fees go toward the awards.

Thanks go out to the sponsors for last year's event, which was a success.

For more information and to download the competition guide and application form, go to http://www.rocketbattle.org.

Reader comments:

#1 Re: Article: Next Battle of the Rockets slated for October 31, 2009

Anyone know if that H record is right? In the rule sheet it says 6291... Simple typo but which is the wrong one?

lkal32 on 09-11-2009 09:14 PM

#2 Re: Article: Next Battle of the Rockets slated for October 31, 2009

The typo is in the rule sheet, the record altitude for last Fall was 6201ft.

Jason Brown
Rocketry Team President
University of Texas at Arlington

Rocketace29 on 09-11-2009 11:14 PM

#3 Re: Article: Next Battle of the Rockets slated for October 31, 2009

Thanks Jason! Are you going to be competing again this year to try and break your record?

lkal32 on 09-11-2009 11:24 PM

#4 Re: Article: Next Battle of the Rockets slated for October 31, 2009

Oh most defiantly, and we have some good ideas

~Jason B.

Rocketace29 on 09-12-2009 12:26 AM

#5 Re: Article: Next Battle of the Rockets slated for October 31, 2009

Sorry, it was last Spring, not fall. The record last fall was 4412ft for the H.

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The typo is in the rule sheet, the record altitude for last Fall was 6201ft.

Rocketace29 on 09-12-2009 02:31 AM

#6 Re: Article: Next Battle of the Rockets slated for October 31, 2009

Also, Check out the October issue of Rockets Magazine. There will be an article about how we did at the Battle of the Rockets.

~Jason B.

Rocketace29 on 09-12-2009 08:55 PM

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