Friday, July 17, 2009 at 1:49PM Where were you forty years ago? The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken photos of the landing sites of most of the Apollo lunar missions. Let's all hope they don't lose these tapes!
News Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 4:56PM Well, unfortunately because of the lack of rain a few weeks ago, the field on the north side that's full of corn isn't ready yet, even though it's like 8 feet high, and the other side is full of barley (or soybeans, or something green like that)... so the bottom line is that we can't fly on Kip's place this month. So, it's looking like it's either Orangeburg in a few weeks or the scouts launch to fly some small to mid sized stuff as a demo. Check out the Rocketry Planet ROCC discussion page to learn more. LINK
News Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 9:58AM John Bergsmith sent some pictures from the June 2009 launch. Click on Photos above to enjoy!
News Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 4:59PM 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
News Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 4:26PM 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
News Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:58PM 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
News Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 5:52PM 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
News Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at 8:57AM 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
News Monday, May 18, 2009 at 11:32AM 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.
News Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 4:15PM 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
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