E80 Spring 2016

Available Types of Data

We have generated a lot of flight data from course development test flights and the actual course flights. The data available for a given flight varies according to the sensors on-board and how things were wired.

The First Flight data are from the first lab in the course. The data for 2012 were take by PerfectFlite Alt15k/rev2 altimeters aboard Quest Seeker rockets. The flights were made from the gravel pit just East of the Claremont Colleges campuses.

Mudd I was our first test flight to see if vibration sensors would work. The over-analyzed (sometimes incorrectly) results begin here. The data for Mudd 1 include single-axis acceleration, altitude, and four vibration sensors.

Mudd II was a carbon fiber minimum diameter rocket built in 2007. It had three test flights at Rocstock 2007, one at LRS 2007, and a final flight with structural failure at Rocstock 2008. Data from Flight 2 begins here, from Flight 3 begins here, from Flight 4 (supersonic) in ".rd" is here and in tab-delimited text is here, and from the final flight in ".rd" is here and in tab-delimited text is here.

The Class Launch data from 2009 contains data from three different sets of sensors. The IMU flights have a pressure altimeter, three orthogonal accelerometers, three orthogonal rate gyroscopes, and a Pitot-static sensor. The Vibration (VIB) flights have a pressure altimeter, a longitudinal accelerometer, and six piezoelectric vibration sensors. The Temperature & Pressure (T&P) flights have two pressure altimeters, two longitudinal accelerometers, and four thermistors.

The Class Launch data from 2008 contains data from three different types of sensors. The IMU rockets have a pressure altimeter, three orthogonal accelerometers, three orthogonal rate gyroscopes, and a Pitot-static sensor. The Vibration rockets have a pressure altimeter, a longitudinal accelerometer, and six piezoelectric vibration sensors. The Temperature & Pressure rocket has two pressure altimeters, two longitudinal accelerometers, and four thermistors.

At Rockstock 2008 we tested the PerfectFlite Alt15K aboard a Quest Payloader One, a Quest E-Z Payloader, and a PML Phobos 38. We also flew the medium and large IMU rockets on "H" motors. The data from these flights are available below.