Saturday, February 10, 2007, 12:12 PM
ASA visited the test site today to check out the condition of the test stand and the new road built by the county. When we built our test stand last May, we were given a location in the middle of a field and we started digging. Recently, the county built a fenced-in road, parking lot, and launch pad on this property for purposes of amateur rocketry activities. Our test stand is approximately 200 feet off of this road.
Here is a picture of the new parking lot and road:
The launch pad:
We also walked out to the test stand just to make sure it was still intact. As you can see in the following picture, we still need to add a few feet to our blast wall, but otherwise the test stand is in good condition (albeit a little dirty). The steel structure of the test stand is complete, but is being kept offsite.
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Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 11:38 PM
Although the other two ASE student teams have started up for the fall, the Civil Engineering team is waiting for the next phase of GCRS site development to wrap up. The County has been given the green light to proceed with building the road on the GCRS test site, so once the test site dries out from the recent rain, the road should be completed soon.
When we have full access to the site, the Civil Engineering team will finish the construction of the blast wall, a fence, and a few other items needed for the test stand.
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Friday, May 26, 2006, 09:01 PM
Today we poured concrete at the test site. The concrete truck arrived at 5pm, and by 5:30 the slab was full and the rest of the concrete was in a pile on the ground. We used the leftover concrete to fill the blast wall. After the slab was smooth and the wall was full, we mixed more mortar and added several feet to the blast wall (filled with cement, of course). As we were running out of light, we took off the wooden supports that were holding the test stand retaining bolts in place, smoothed out the cement and then Nate took measurements of the final bolt locations. We will use these measurements to drill holes in the support brackets of the test stand.
Here are some pictures from concrete day:
This is the final test stand slab (autographed):
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