TMP Safety Questions
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#1. Which motor is NOT considered a high-power rocket motor?
#2. Your rocket has landed right next to the pad that it was launched from. When is it safe to recover your rocket?
#3. A high-power rocket (not including motor) may be constructed of what materials?
#4. You are in the spectator area. The LCO announces a heads-up flight. You should:
#5. During the safety inspection, the RSO does not notice that you have attached your fins using the wrong type of glue for the material you are using. The rocket “shreds” upon take-off. Who is at fault?
#6. What is the maximum launch angle from vertical for a high-power rocket?
#7. When can you approach a rocket that has misfired?
#8. A rocket is considered high-power if its weight including the motor is:
#9. According to the Tripoli Unified Safety Code, a rocket must be designed to have a descent rate at the time of landing that does not exceed which value?
#10. When is it safe to launch a high-power rocket?
#11. When should the electronic deployment systems be armed?
#12. What is the maximum surface wind allowed for a safe launch?
#13. Who is allowed to be the flyer of record on a flight under the Tripoli Mentoring Program?
#14. When your rocket lands, it becomes entangled in a power line. Which of the following is true?
#15. 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:
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