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About ROCCThis is the home page for the ROCC, Rocketry Of Central Carolinas, the combination of Tripoli Charlotte, Prefecture #66 and NAR section 608, a group of rocketeers in the Charlotte NC area. We have flown rockets ranging from small 1/4 A powered up to giant M powered. Our current launchsite supports motors up to K impulse.Learn more about ROCC Download our membership form Upcoming Launches:July 17 & 18, 2009, Time TBDLocation TBD Aug 15 & 16, 2009, Time TBD Location TBD Sept 19 & 20, 2009, Time TBD Location TBD Oct 17 & 18, 2009, Time TBD Location TBD Nov 21 & 22, 2009, 11:00 - 5:00 Wiliams Farm Dec 19 & 20, 2009, 11:00 - 5:00 Wiliams Farm Our main launch site is at the Williams farm off of Hwy 601 in Midland, NC (16620 Hopewell Church Rd). Directions to the farm |
Some upcoming events to mark on your calendar
Posted by: Doc_Russell [June 28, 2009 8:59 PM] While we're in between launch announcements and launch reports, just a few things that are in the near future... Our friends down in Orangeburg are having their regular Sport launch, scheduled for Aug. 8-9, sponsored by the NAR ROSCO section. Go to www.tripolisc.org for more info. Right after that we've been asked to participate with the Belk Scout camp again, with a demonstration launch and to help them launch their rockets. That'll be on August 15th. Then, back down in O'burg, it's the 3-day Freedom Weekend Launch. Schedule, as usual, is Sep. 5-6 Sport, Sep. 7 TRA Research. I saw a post from Burl I believe that there's a huge V2 to be launched that w'end. Then another scout troop requested us for Oct 3rd at Belk Scout Camp. Anyone who is available for this date should chime in on Rocketry Planet or drop Brad an email. That's it for now, be sure to keep an eye on this site and on Rocketry Planet for the details. DR Permanent Link for this story June Launch Update to the UPDATE
Posted by: Brad Shea via DR [June 20, 2009 8:26 PM] SUNDAY HAS BEEN CANCELED Due to the projected wind shift to winds out of the north at 11 mph and the hight of the corn (Over head high!) we are CANCELING Sunday's launch activities. We're sorry about this but those that braved the 95+ degree heat today were flying on a favor form the rocket gods today. (everyone say "thank you oh great rocket gods") But with the projections of winds that are due to be straight into 6'high and higer corn that you can't see 3' in let alone walk through without major damage we are giving it a pass for the 2nd day. THANK YOU to all that came out, and we saw some old friends as well which was a very nice surprise indeed. Also, David Deason will be sending some silent auction stuff to me hopefully in the near future... he's getting out of the hobby for a while and has some great deals he's trying to make... Stay Tuned! Sincerely, Brad Shea ROCC President roccprez@rocketrycarolina.org Read More Permanent Link for this story It's Official APCP is off the Explosive list, WOOHOO
Posted by: RocketRalph [May 20, 2009 9:58 PM] Everyone: After the jump is a joint statement released by NAR and Tripoli. We are good to go. APCP is off the list for now. Please read. RocketRalph Read More Permanent Link for this story The ultimate on-board video
Posted by: Doc_Russell [May 20, 2009 9:52 PM] OK, I saw something on NASA-TV today that I just had to share.... It's the ultimate on-board video from STS-125. It's from the left solid rocket booster camera and it's awesome. Here's the LINK. It's posted on AOL Video and it's about 7:15 long from start to finish Permanent Link for this story Note From The Scouts
Posted by: DocRussell [May 20, 2009 12:57 AM] From David Hutchinson, leader of the Scouts ROCC visited with on Saturday, May 16, 2009: Thank you for a great time Saturday afternoon! The boys really got a thrill out of it. They talked about rockets all evening and the next day. We really appreciate your taking the time to come out and explain what rocketry is all about to the boys. The hands on format really made a big impression on them. Thanks for bringing your launch system as ours still needs a little more work. You guys made our Year End campout a huge success! Dave Hutchinson Pack 214 Permanent Link for this story April 2009 Launch Report
Posted by: Roy Potter [May 18, 2009 3:32 PM] Well did everybody have a good time at the April Campout Launch weekend? Conditions the Saturday was pretty great overall. Mostly sunny with high clouds, some light winds that we worked with using longer delays for more fall time for lower chute deployment, streamers for less drift and slight angle adjustments into the wind. Barley growth surprised us also at 18 inch’s or greater that tended to swallow whole rockets and chutes. By next month it will be 2 foot or more. Wind, We did have a few drift far, far away, some recovered, some not. Hind sight is so 20-20 after the launch when you know, I should have angled, longer delayed, smaller chute or streamered the rocket. But over all we had a great launch that Saturday the 18th of April. Read More Permanent Link for this story May Launch Announcement - Changes
Posted by: RocketRalph for Brad Shea [May 14, 2009 8:15 PM] Bad News - No New Field (yet) ----------------------------- We are unable to use the farm this month due to the barley crop maturing and the potential for damage to the crop from people recovering rockets. The "new field" looks to be on hold indefinitely due to lingering insurance questions by the field owner. We are going to continue to work on this but don't hold your breath. So for this month we're going with plan B. Plan B1 - Scouts! ----------------- Those who are interested in hanging out with some scouts and flying LPR and maybe a D or an E can join the scouts in their launch on 5/16. In addition to flying you might want to bring some cool rockets and plan to talk a bit about the club. If you are interested in helping promote ROCC and help the scouts fly some rockets please let me know. Details of this are located in this http://our.rocketryplanet.com/group/rocc/forum/topics/may-16th-boy-scout-launch thread. I will post additional info as soon as I can talk with David. Plan B2 - Orangeburg! --------------------- Those who are interested in flying higher than the local scouts field will allow may want to make a trek down to Orangeburg South Carolina. They normally don't fly on our weekend but since Mom's day falls on their normal weekend it was shifted. This is a Tripoli event with a commercial launch on Saturday 5/16 and a research launch on 5/17. Anyone can launch on a commercial day. Sunday is a research day and only Tripoli members are permitted to fly no matter what type of motor is used. An L2 is required on top of Tripoli membership if you wish to fly research motors. Tripoli offers an option to join the same day and fly that day on the field. Directions to the field in Orangeburg can be found here: http://www.tripolisc.org/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=3 Club Meeting ------------ Is there any interest in a club meeting? Assuming we are still having problems with the field Paul and Sandy and others have cooked up the idea of some topics in building techniques. It would be nice to learn what folks might be interested in so we can plan accordingly. Our group is a big tent with interests that range from simple LPR, competition flying, MPR, altitude junkies, oddroc builders, scale modelers, etc. Let's try to find something that appeals to each group. MPR motors are still available Ken Allen has other commitments and will not be attending our launches again until Fall unless somehow we have a change in either his or our scheduled dates. He did leave some Single Use F and some AMW/Pro-X G motors and cases for me to hold. List is located here. These are being sold by Ken and I am only providing a home for them and transport to/from the field. I am happy to do this since we have no vendor on site for a few months. Several people picked up a few items I've updated the list to reflect this. NAR HPR Competition Rules This is officially announced now. The official (provisional) rules are located here. I would like to discuss flying one or more of these at our next launch. Thanks Thanks to all who help make this a great club. We have had good participation with setup and tear down and plenty of additional help in other areas. Pat yourselves on the back - you make this club a great place to have fun. Sincerely, Brad Shea ROCC President roccprez@rocketrycarolina.org Thanks ------ Thanks to all who help make this a great club. We have had good participation with setup and tear down and plenty of additional help in other areas. Pat yourselves on the back - you make this club a great place to have fun. Sincerely, Brad Shea ROCC President roccprez@rocketrycarolina.org Read more here: http://www.rocketrycarolina.org and here: http://our.rocketryplanet.com/group/rocc Permanent Link for this story New Field - On Hold for now.
Posted by: RocketRalph [May 05, 2009 11:05 PM] I finally got back up with Mark Wilson (new site landowner) today/tonight, he and is brother (apparently a co-owner) has "Major" concerns regarding the Insurance he wants to get to allow "any groups" to play on his field. It’s not just us but for others: RC flyers, Horse Back riders, etc. There is no cheap way for him to get the insurance that would allow for cheap use of the field. (IE, it’s just not worth the hassle) I have put an APB out to TRA to try to get him the info he needs to hopefully work out some other dates just for us, but for now it is a no go. Sorry, if we got the hopes up too high, I thought it was a done deal, just needed to work out Waiver and Insurance forms for the field... Thanks, Ralph Roberts Permanent Link for this story 1:10th scale Saturn 5 project
Posted by: Doc_Russell [April 26, 2009 8:44 AM] LAST UPDATE 8:37 am, Sunday 26th The Akron Beacon Journal has the story. UPDATE 4:46 pm, okay, I should have kept looking before I posted the last update ... RocketryPlanet has the video. UPDATE 4:35 PM Photos are starting to show up on Flickr: here and here. UPDATE: 3:48 PM Gizmodo has pictures. UPDATE as of 1:14 PM.... SHE RIDES!!!! Ralph just called me, said that our own Corkey is up there, He called Ralph and he got to hear the launch at about 1:00 PM. First indications are that it flew beautifully, reached approximately 5,000', and recovery was essentially as planned. Mark Canepa is also there as the official photog and photos are expected.... COOL!!!! As most of you know, Steve Eves and his giant (40 feet) Saturn 5 will attempt to launch todat between Noon and 2:PM. I was trying to find a source for a live stream but haven't yet... Here's some links to the story: Record Launch Attempt For Model Saturn V Rocket This is the main Rockets Magazine site link This is a page with a great shot of what appears to be a crowd gathered to see it, I think it's a photoshop, don't know... And Gizmodo's site: I'm sure that the video will be posted shortly after the event, I'll keep looking.... DR Permanent Link for this story March Post-Launch report
Posted by: Roy Potter via DR [April 21, 2009 7:34 AM] Well the March ROCC Rocket launch went off really great for the whole weekend. The weather was really as close to flight perfect as you could hope for. If there had been any real strong breeze or winds we would have had many rockets just drift off on thermals. My “NASA” only weighed 11 ounces with a 32 inch chute that just hung there and went up and down like an elevator for the longest time, but didn’t drift very far into the field to the left of the runway. It was warm enough that we were down to club T-shirts for a portion of the days also. Saturday we had a very busy day with 47 fliers signed in and flying rockets. Some of the names I had to get off a flight slip when I didn’t find their name on the flight “Sign-In” sheet. PLEASE, remember that each person who flies, needs to sign-in on the roster (neatly so I can read it) and fill out a “Flight Slip” for each individual rocket flight, even if your flying the same rocket more than once. (As a note, we almost came up short for the rent. Remember to donate to the jar at the sign-in table. That goes to the land-owner.) Those 47 fliers had, by the end of the day, made 135 separate flights. That’s almost 3 flights each average. Please hit the "Read More" button for the entire listing: Read More Permanent Link for this story |
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