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Tracking Model Rockets

On this page, you'll find links to other sites that contain information about tracking rockets, to measure the height that they acheive.

Tracking Model Rockets (Information Links)

Apogee Altitude Tracker A simple tracking device to help you determine how high your
rockets fly.

Single Station Altitude Tracking - An excellent article that clearly explains the math and the proceedure on how to track using a single tracking scope. (552K PDF document)

Two Station Altitude Tracking - To get higher accuracy when tracking rockets, you'll need to use two trackers that will record both elevation and azimuth flight angles. This article explains how to set up such a system, and the equations to use to determine accurately a rocket's peak altitude. (660K PDF document)

Technical Publication #10 "Measuring Velocity and Acceleration of Rockets." Three different methods of "optical tracking" techniques are presented, as well as how to calculate acceleration. This publication even leads you step-by-step in using a video camera to make the measurements for you.

http://www.execpc.com/~culp/space/altitude.html Information on measuring the max altitude of a rocket.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/5421/rocketma.html How to track the maximum altitude of model rockets - information taken from the Estes web site.

http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph9002.html Lessson plan for tracking rockets.

http://www.apogeerockets.com/education/downloads/Triangulation_system.pdf - A system of triangulation to find the distance the rocket lands from the pad.

Wayback Machine

If you find any dead links, don't give up. Try using the Wayback Machine! It will allow you to read the text of old web sites that may not be active any longer. http://www.archive.org

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