ROCC Activity Report

Hello and salutations to all those Rocket Jockie�s and Jockette�s who have dropped a line asking how the Orangeburg �Liberty Launch 2209� went. I should have gone around and gotten the names of everyone but I didn�t think of it so I can�t list all the attendees I saw, many I know by sight but not by name. I did recognize a lot of ROCC members and some who fly out at the Farm.
I made planed arrangements to attend the whole 3 day event and though disappointed by the winds, had a good enough time to say that the trip was indeed worthwhile and enjoyed.
If you want to see pictures of the event, �ROCKETS� magazine attended the 3 day event and took a lot of pictures. Besides those that will be included in the next issue of the magazine, you can go to the website. and select the Freedom Launch 2009 icon on the right, or the PHOTOS box on the left. Both will take you to a selection of shots from the launch and then you can select the �more photos for sale� on the magazines photo shop and look at 50 pages of 20 pictures per page. These are additional shots of attendees, rocket set ups, rockets in flight, and under chute that you can buy if you don�t have a good pro shot of your rocket in flight. Or sometimes in many, many tiny pieces.
You can also go to the O�Burg club website and select the PHOTOS box on the top row and scroll down and select Freedom Launch 2009 and the 11 videos.
You do need to see the video of the 400lb V-2 flight. Partial failure, partial success, fully impressive. The �M� engines looked to blow the exhaust nozzles just blowing out a blowtorch like flame while the single �O� engine labored to get the V-2 to a safe altitude for the chute recovery system to successfully return the V-2 safely with minor flame damage I understand.
Other than the wind, the weather was great. It was probably the winds that kept the temperature and humidity within tolerable limits. But I was able to get in a few flights each day but kept everything at lower altitudes. The larger heavier flights were able to push through the winds and not drift all too far. The lighter weights had a lot more drift and wind cocking to cope with.

Keep a look at the ROCC website for news about any chance of a spontaneous end of Oct launch and a more probable regular November launch. We expect the farm to be through with the crop harvest and weather providing, back to monthly launches by then.
I hope David Tomkinson can come out, we are holding onto the Aerotech Barracuda that he won in the ROCC Raffle at the overnight campout launch.
I believe a few of the ROCC members took part in a Scout launch last weekend out at that neat Scout Jamboree looking site. Hope it all went well and we might hear a short report about that on the web site soon.
Any other activities you know of, get it onto the web site so anybody who is interested and available can take part in it.
Till then, remember to keep those exhaust nozzles clear.
Roy.
ROCC Sec.