SEDS-USA: Runkle Regional Rocketry Competition (RRRC)

SEDS-USA: Runkle Regional Rocketry Competition
 

Looking for another opportunity to launch rockets and compete regionally against other university rocketry teams? Interested in securing a spot in next year's Spaceport America Cup? This rocketry challenge is designed specifically for teams that are looking to get more launch opportunities and experience flying larger rockets. 

If you do well, your team can qualify for the next Spaceport America Cup. 

In this challenge, you will be asked to design a rocket with a 2.2 (1kg) payload that will launch for a 10,000' flight and recover successfully. A successful flight will demonstrate the engineering skills and capabilities you and your team have. 

This competition is in partnership with ESRA and will follow Tripoli Rocketry Association Flight Safety Code. Rules and guidelines are very similar to the Spaceport America Cup but with a maximum impulse of an L.  

(LINK COMING SOON)

Guidelines, rules, and regulations for the SEDS-USA: Runkle Regional Rocketry Competition (RRRC) will be provided directly on our website.
 

Please look for the following documents to ensure proper protocol:

• RRRC Rules & Requirements
• RRRC Design, Test, & Evaluation Guide
   

Please fill out the "Notice of intent" template in the "Forums" if you wish to participate
 

Fees for competition:

Rocket Fee (per competing rocket): 
$50
Participant Fee (per student) w/ included SEDS-USA Merch: 
$15
Application Fee (Per university rocketry group) One fee per school. Each school may have MULTIPLE teams/rockets:
$30
 

Current Launch Site List (as of 12/30/20):

 South East - Tripoli East North Carolina - Located in the Raleigh/Durham NC area (late Mar 2021)

Midwest - Tripoli Mid Ohio - Located near Springfield Ohio (April 2021)

South - Tripoli Houston - Located south of Houston, Texas
          Tripoli North Texas - Located near Seymour, Texas

   West - AeroPac - Launch site is the Black Rock Desert, Northwestern Nevada

West - Friends of Amateur Rocketry - Southern California