Cambridge Rocketry - Flight Report Document
Personal Data
Your name
Name Surname
Contact e-mail
you@youraddress.com
Contact telephone number
xxxxx xxxxxx
Rocket Data
Rocket name
e.g. Thunderbolt
Brief description
e.g. single stage, dual deploy, 1.5m
Motor
e.g. Cesaroni K660
Flight Data
Date and time of flight
dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss
Precise location of the launch pad
Lat: deg:min:sec, Long: deg:min:sec
Launch tower orientation
Declination: xx.x°, Bearing: xx.x°
Recorded apogee altitude
xxxx.xx m
Second parachute deployment altitude
(if applicable)
xxxx.xx m
Precise splashdown location
Lat: deg:min:sec, Long: deg:min:sec
Simulation Data
Simulated apogee altitude
xxxx.xx m
Simulated splashdown location
xxx.x m (East), xxx.x m (North)
Additional Information and Data:
Record additional data and information here.
Notes
Please complete the above form and e-mail it to srb2242@users.sourceforge.net
please also attach to the email a file containing detailed data on the rocket design.
This can be a Rocsim .rkt file or a text file with the data encoded for the Cambridge
Rocketry Toolbox or some other type of file. Please also attach a file containing f214
data or whatever atmospheric data you used (if applicable).
This form is intended as a guide to help you write the flight report but please do not
be constrained by it. If you have other useful data or information ,or if your data is in
a different format to that requested just edit the form accordingly and submit it.
Additional data that are particularly welcomed are gps data, accelerometer data,
magneto sensor data and any recorded atmospheric data.
It does not matter if you cannot fill in all the data requested in the form, but the really
essential data are those in the “Flight Report” section and in the rocket design file.
One of the most important factors in getting good verification data is to have a stable
launch tower. If it kicks or wobbles significantly during launch then it is likely that
the real and simulated flight paths will be very different. It is also important to know
the orientation of the launch tower. You do not need any fancy equipment for this, just
a spirit level to make sure the tower is pointing straight up, in which case the angle of
declination and bearing are both 0°.
Thank you very much for your valuable contribution to the Cambridge Rocketry
project. These data will be used to make more accurate rocketry simulation tools
which are freely available to everyone.