Comment Re:TFA (Score 2) 35
Here's a video that has some of the rocket details in the intro and the flight data at the end of it.
Comment Re:Also serious contenders for... (Score 2) 35
The videos linked are the same as those used as part of the record submission. The rules state "To prevent "stomp rockets" competitors using bottled air must leave the rocket at full launch pressure for a period of no less then ten (10) minutes prior to launching." .
Comment Re:Seems Cape Town Team broke rules too (Score 2) 35
The rules require that the "Pressure vessel and all external parts of the rocket must be constructed from lightweight nonmetallic materials" AFAIK Carbon Fibre is non-metallic.
Comment Re:Videos of the launches: (Score 1) 2
There's a lot of nothing at the start of those videos. Try these links which start further along...
https://youtu.be/qPXoqtPevVw?t...
https://youtu.be/e5HMhCoSPr4?t...
Comment Videos of the launches: (Score 1) 2
Videos of the Two record breaking launches available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Submission + - University of Cape Town team breaks World Water Rocketry Record by 33% (uct.ac.za) 2
Cycliclogic writes: A team of engineers based at the University of Cape Town recently had their record breaking flights of their water powered rocket Ascension III ratified by the Water Rocket Achievement World Record Association. This record is for a single stage rocket power purely on pressurised water. Two launches must be completed within two hours, the record being set at the mean above-ground altitude of the two flights. The record now stands at a whopping 2723 Feet (830m). Details on the university's page at http://www.uct.ac.za/dailynews.... Record page at http://wra2.org/WRA2_Standings....
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