Ring in 2020 with ROCC

Hey fellow ROCC'ers... our kind-of-annual New Years Day launch looks to be a GO!

I just spoke with Ralph, it seems the weather gods are going to let us have this one.

Set-up at Noon (yes, you can stay up till midnite if you want to...) and we'll break down at about 5.

Winds are predicted to be from the far end of the runway straight back toward the flight line so please observe safety and angle down range a few degrees!

Ken will be with us as well... Yeah!

See ya there... dr

Happy ChristmaHanuKwanSolstiFestivus!

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy and joyous holiday season no matter what your deity of choice!

Also, thanks for everyone that came out and had a nice launch weekend with us this past weekend. 

As for upcoming launches, we're going to try for our January 1st launch, it's become kind of a tradition now after something like 6 years, so hopefully the weather will cooperate. 

Bring that holiday cash and buy that gift you didn't get from Ken!

dr

Holiday Launch 12/21 & (possibly) 12/22

Hello fellow ROCC'ers! The pre-ChrismaHanuKwanzSolstiFestivus launch weekend is upon us! 

Saturday weather is looking extremely nice, with low winds (3-5 MPH) out of the NE to N (heading away from Mr. S), and temps are supposed to be in the mid 40's so dress in layers.   

UPDATE: Ken will be with us on SUNDAY IF WE LAUNCH, NOT SATURDAY. 

Set-up about 9:30, should be launching by 10:30, close up at 5 PM. 

Now then, for Sunday... It's really a crapshoot as I write this at Noon Friday. There's a large high pressure zone to our south that depending on where it goes on Saturday will determine when & how much rain we get on Sunday and Monday. We'll need to make a call on Saturday depending on the updated forecasts. 

If you want to fly this weekend, looks like Saturday is the day!

See ya out there...  dr

Roy's Rocket Report for 11/29 & 11/30/19

Here's Roy Potter's report on all the goings-on of our first launch in the 2019-2020 season. Though we were delayed twice by Dzahui, (Mesoamerican god of rain) we finally got going on a beautiful Friday & Saturday with lovely weather. Have a look at the details... dr

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December 21 & 22 look-ahead

We're looking forward to our next launch weekend, December 21 & 22. Ken should be with us and hopefully the weather will turn out hice for us. 

Keep an eyey on the website as we get closer. 

Also don't forget that the folks in Camden, SC will be flying on the 2nd weekend, December 7th & 8th. A link HERE to their site with additional launch information. 

dr

8 PM Update for November 30 launch

UPDATE 8 PM 11/29 

Saturday information:  We are a GO for Saturday the 30th, starting shortly after 10 AM. The waiver is in place starting any time after 10 AM, and closing at 5 PM. Standars 4,000' waiver is in place. 

Ken should be with us on Saturday, so bring your shopping lists. 

Rain is looking very likely for Saturday evening and Sunday morning so it's highly likley that we won't be able to fly on Sunday unless the forecasts are proven wrong, so if you want to fly tomorrow is the day!

As for today we had a small but enthusiastic group of flyers, including Jim Scarpine who flew his 6" Performance Hobbies Der Red (actually purple) Max on a Loki K828 sparky to truly open the ROCC HP 2020 season. 

See you all tomorrow!

dr

11/23 Update 8 PM... (Mother Nature strikes again.)

Update 8 PM Saturday evening, 11/23:

As of 8 PM this evening the rain gauge near Kip's farm has received .9 inches of rain and it's still raining. 

The field will not be usable on Sunday the 24th. 

We do have word from Ken that he's available on next weekend, the 30th, so with any luck we'll be able to launch. The coming weeks weather looks good, so keep your fingers crossed. 

Doc R. 

Unless you're living in a shoe in the forest with no cable then you've probably heard that heavy rain is an almost certainty for most of the day on Saturday, starting in earnest around noon. It looks like we'll need to try for the 30th unless all the weather sources turn out to be wrong. 

There is a glimmer of hope for Sunday if that predicted rain isn't as much as they are saying but we'll need a go from Kip once we know what happened over Saturday, so it may very well be that we'll not know before late Saturday or early Sunday. The thought of the officers is if we don't get too much we might be able to start around noon or 1 on Sunday and at least salvage an afternoon of flying. 

Say tuned to the website and/or the Face Book feed and we'll post as soon as we know something. 

Try to stay dry...  happy Thanksgiving if we don't see you before then!

Launch postponed 1 week to 11/23 & 24

If you've looked outside today you know that ol' Momma Nature has dealt us a crewel blow this weekend, moving the weather that had been forecast to be over by early Friday morning to now stretch into Saturday afternoon. 

If it was just windy we could probably deal with it, but since Tuesday the site has gotten about 3/4" of rain, and it's predicted to rain off and on into tomorrow noon-1 PM, with winds approaching 20 MPH. 

We just can't deal with that all together, so we're pushing back to next weekend, the 23rd and 24th of November. 

Luckily Ken can be with us next weekend so we'll have a vendor on site, and Kip (the owner of our site if you aren't aware of it) has given his thumbs-up. 

On the bright side, you've got an extra week to run out and get a few more rockets and get 'em built before next weekend. 

Update Thursday nite.... Launch November 16th / 17th

Update Thursday evening...

 Well this just sucks...  the weather that looked so promising on Tuesday is now closing in on Saturday with a vengeance. 

Rain is now predicted to go right through Friday and into Saturday till about 1 PM. Total is around .5 - .75 inches in Midland.

 

Stay tuned tomorrow, we'll see how the rain clouds move. DAMN YOU mother nature!!

 dr

Welcome back folks, looks like we're a GO for at least Saturday the 16th and hopefully Sunday the 17th. It looks like there is some rain due over Thursday PM and Friday AM, but currently they're projected to be less than a 1/4 inch with sun and reasonably clear weather on Saturday. Winds are predicted to be up to 14 MPH from the NE on Saturday morning and then dropping away to 10 MPH by the end of the day. Sunday is fairly steady winds from the NE at 10 until 5 PM. 

Ken is due to be with us on Saturday only, and in Maryland on Sunday, so if you're stocking up on motors or parts come out on Saturday at least to do business. 

As far as set-up, since it's going to be windy I'd say lets start set-up at 10, field open by 11.

Membership...  if you're owed a T-shirt we've gotten the shirts back in Charlotte and we'll have the current stock there this weekend. If we don't have size &/or color available then we're probably going to have to get a new order processed.

We're also re-working the membership files and trying to get the website current, I thank you for your patience!

Looking forward to getting back to flying, see you all soon!

dr

We're gettin' the band back together!

Well, it's been a while folks...  seems like it's been ages since we were at the Midland field. 

I'd like to remind you all that the South Carolina section of ROSCO will have a Sport Launch at the beautiful Camden, SC sod farm this weekend, October 12th & 13th LINK  The weather looks beautiful, with temps in the mid 80's and winds topping out at about 8 mph on Saturday and even less on Sunday.

We're going back to the farm in the next few weeks to get everything ready for our first Midland launch, currently scheduled for November 16th & 17th. (keep your fingers crossed, waiting for a crop update).

So get your kits out & finish building 'em, grab those engines, dust off those rockets you've had out in the shed for the summer & get ready, 'cause it'll be here before you know it!

Doc R.