Freedom Launch 2009

OK Folks... Freedom Launch is our next regularly scheduled event, over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 5th, 6th & 7th. Saturday & Sunday are standard sport rules, Monday is operating under Tripoli EX rules. I've been trying to find the updated EX rules on the Tripoli web site and haven't found them yet, so if someone knows them and can e-mail me i'll add them here.

I know that there is a 450lb-plus V-2 that's about 12 feet tall to be launched around Noon on Monday, so if you needed a reason to just hang & watch for at least the morning... there you go!

Roy sent out a great e-mail that i'll post on the "read more" link.

So, in short, it's a really great time, I believe the waiver is around 12,000 ft., and they can easily handle up to an "M" motor. Ken will be there as a vendor, and he'll be loaded for bear, and I believe Chris Stockhart will also be there as a vendor. Some of you might might remember Chris from NSL last year.

Here's a LINK to the SC ICBM site with more info. If you want to volunteer for range duties, 2 hour shift on either RSO or LCO, please drop a line to: William Daugherty at his address, wdaugherty2-at-sc.rr.com and let him know. (note... replace the "-at-" with the usual sign, didn't want the bots to scrape his name on our site)

<UPDATE>If you still needed a reason to drive down to Orangeburg for the Freedom Launch, Burl Finkelstein sent me these two photos of what he will be launching Monday:

Click on either for a (much) bigger version.
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And now, please read Roy's e-mail below:
Hey everybody.

I know that a lot of us are suffering from "Rocket Exhaust Withdrawals", so keep in mind-------

That since many/most of us haven't been without an opportunity to fly rockets during our ROCC club "down season" (crop season at the farm), keep in mind of the large east coast rocket meet at Orangeburg SC.
"FREEDOM Launch" on Labor Day weekend (5-6-7 September).

Get your ROCC Club T-shirts, rockets and engines and come on down south.
Even if you don't plan on any big launch's yourself, it is a great spectator event and worth it.
ALSO, if you need to do some shopping, there is usually a number of venders on site.

Check our ROCC web site (www.rocketrycarolia.org) for information and the Orangeburg web site(www.tripolisc.org) for more information.

For those who haven't made the trip before, from the University area of Charlotte it is 2 hour 40 minutes under normal acceleration.
Take I-77 south to Columbia SC and merge onto I-26 South to O'Burg, exit onto 154A to the Super Sod farm or 154B to the Days Inn if your staying there.

Days Inn across the street, tel-1-800-534-0500

the Comfort Inn at exit 145A at I-26 and 601 is also good, tel- 1-803-531-9200

Better plan now and make any reservations as soon as you know your coming.

PS; somebody is launching a 400 pound V-2.