CONTEST RULES FOR 2010

The rules for TARC 2010 offer a new kind of challenge to the student teams, forcing even teams that may have entered TARC previously to go "back to the drawing board" and learn some new rocketry skills. While the flight goal remains flying an egg to a precise altitude (825 feet this year) and duration, the teams this year will be required to use a completely different type of recovery device to return the egg and altimeter: a streamer rather than a parachute. The techniques for achieving the duration goal with a streamer are quite different; it's harder, and it will put a new emphasis on protecting the fragile egg payload.

TARC 2010 registration opens on September 2, 2009. For more information on the event, remember to visit www.rocketcontest.org.

Download the complete 2010 Contest Rules