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THE MALVERNIAN
UK Youth Rocketry Challenge
On the last Thursday of the Summer term we went to the British Model Flying Association’s headquarters in Buckminster to take part in the national final of the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge. The aim was to launch an egg to 250m in altitude and bring it safely back to the Earth unbroken. Our team, the Malvernauts made it through to the national final after doing well in the regional final at the start of May. It was the end of a journey as we have been designing and testing our rocket throughout the year. At the end of the day, we achieved the best height score of any team with a height of 253m, just 3m short of the target. The day also featured a presentation where we had to explain the design choices we made and the mechanics of model rockets, fortunately we managed to get full marks in the presentation. At the end of the day we were sadly disqualified as the parachute entangled itself and didn’t deploy fully. The egg, which was inside the rocket still survived!
Paul Emmerich, Lower Sixth (No.9)
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