December Post Launch Report

Happy Holidays and seasons greetings to everybody. And with the holidays now past, and the decorations taken down, lets take some time to get caught up on last Rocket Launch Meet. Any misspellings will caused by a recently acquired small kitten jumping across the keyboard. Seems that trying to catch my moving fingers is just too much of a temptation. The December Rocket Meet and Launch weather was actually much better than I was expecting and everybody who came out had good flying weather with little drift. It was more cold/chilly Saturday than Sunday, but when the sun was out it was comfortable. I had the fire pit set up with hot water for coffee, coco, tea and to warm the hands. Saturday the 17th of December, HO! HO! HOO! I even had a red and white �Santa Loves Me� hat. We didn�t expect a large crowd, after all it was the weekend before Christmas and we knew that a lot of members had family holiday activities or trips that weekend. We did have some drawings for rocket kits, we hope to see them fly in January.

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Cool 'Cones

From Giant Leap, brand new large nose cones: http://www.giantleaprocketry.com/hpdefault.asp Look here, then send an e-mail to Ken at: http://www.performancehobbies.com/ Have Fun!

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NAR safety report available.

There's a story on the NAR website that we should all read. The NAR has released its report on range safety and it's available for download. Link is here: http://nar.org/launchingsafely.html

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F21W single use motors put on production hold.

From the Aerotech website 11/14/05: AeroTech's 24mm F21W single-use Econojet motors have been placed on production hold. AeroTech has been unable to obtain phenolic casing of sufficient quality and quantity to continue manufacturing them using the current design. As a result, F21Ws have been removed from all current in-house orders.

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Aerotech delay adjustment now official.

For those of you who might have missed it, this is from the Aerotech website: AeroTech has designed a Delay Drilling Adapter (DDA) that permits the adjustment of AeroTech 29 & 38mm high-power RMS-Plus� delay elements using the CTI� ProDAT� 38mm delay drilling device (ProDAT� not included, available separately from CTI� dealers).

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We're BACK

Well, after getting roo-roo'ed by some punk kid that took out our site(s), we're back. Jean has spent a lot of time working behind the scenes on getting our site back and now we're ready for content. SEND ME STUFF !!!

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Launch This Weekend

Everyone: The December Launch is a go at Williams Farm this coming weekend Dec 17th and 18th. I know it is the holiday season and we are all very busy, however, give yourself a little break and come out if not for just a little bit. We will have Estes rocket kit give-a-ways all day. Steve donated a bunch of kits last month and we want to give them away for Christmas. We will have a Christmas card for the Williams family so please come by and sign it. Ms Williams has been real nice to give me some pecans and other vegetables throughout the year, I would like to return the favor and bake them something. I may make them one of my Mom's award winning Rum pound cakes, I think the may like that. Also the 2006 membership drive has begun, please Renew or join in. We will also have the T-Shirts for sale, they would make a nice Christmas gift for that special rocketeer in the family. Sizes from Youth Med to Adult 2XL.

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50% off at HobbyLobby all week

Hey all you Rocket Junkies and junkettes; Hope you've been good this year, cause it's that time of year again that you are hopeing that Santa has you on his Good List. Well, just in case you think Santa may not bring all the kits you are wishing for, Good News. The Hobby Lobby stores have another 1/2 off (50%) sale *all this* week on all Rocket kits and starter sets. The two locations are in the University area of Harris boulevard and University City Blvd, and the area at hiwy 51 and Independence. The one at University I know has a good stock of Estes, Century and some other brand kits. This could be a good chance to get a Big Daddy and other pricey kits for half price. More information to follow about our Dec Launch on the 17th and 18th, so stay tuned. Till then, keep those exhaust nozzles clear. Roy

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November Launch Report

Welcome, congratulations and Happy Post-Thanksgiving wishes to everyone.

The November rocket launch was great. We knew that being the weekend prior to "T" Day, that the turnout wouldn't be really high, but it turned out really great for those who could come out and play.

Saturday the 19th, the weather was mostly calm with a small intermittent breeze with lots of sun that that ended up keeping the temperature comfortable.

We had 12 fliers signed in who put up a total of 34 flights, burning a total of 53 engines. That includes clusters and multi-stagers. Bob Strauss's cluster flights accounts for the majority of the additional engines burnt.

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Launch this weekend, Nov 19 and 20th

Everyone: Launch this weekend Nov 19th and 20th. Saturday - 11:00-5:30 Sunday - 11:00-5:30, Ken Allen from Performance Hobbies is scheduled to be there, I would call ahead and pre -order what you can. No Port-a-John this launch. Will have meetings to discuss nominations for Club officers for 2006 season at 3:00pm Thanks, Ralph

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