TMP Safety Questions
The quiz includes a random selection of 15 questions. Answer each of the questions and then click on the FINISH button at the bottom of the quiz.
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#1. The rocket motor you are using gives a 5:1 thrust-to-weight ratio for your rocket. The wind is blowing at 18 miles per hour. The RSO did not approve your rocket for flight because of its thrust-to-weight ratio. What is the best option?
#2. When should the electronic deployment systems be armed?
#3. What payloads are NOT permitted in a high-power rocket?
#4. Who is responsible for ensuring that your rocket is flown in a safe manner?
#5. You are at the launch site and decide to fly your rocket on a heavier motor than you simulated it on. Before taking the rocket to the RSO for the safety inspection, you should:
#6. Why should anyone who is not needed to arm an electronic recovery system leave the pad when the recovery system is being armed?
#7. When is it safe to launch a high-power rocket?
#8. What is the maximum launch angle from vertical for a high-power rocket?
#9. When your rocket lands, it becomes entangled in a power line. Which of the following is true?
#10. You will be launching your rocket on the first bank of high-power pads. When should you bring your rocket out to the pad?
#11. When must the stability of a rocket be determined?
#12. What additional hazards for spectators and launch participants might be associated with a motor CATO?
#13. You are building a scratch built high power rocket using your own untested design. Which of the following methods of determining stability are NOT safe and should not be used?
#14. What is the maximum surface wind allowed for a safe launch?
#15. When should the motor igniter be armed?
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