Turkey Shoot Recap from Roy

Fri, 27 – 29 November “Turkey Launch Weekend”.

Everyone kept saying the whole weekend, “It’s almost too perfect, great temperatures and minimal winds.”

Due to it being a three day event and the number of flights I’m just getting the fliers and number of flights each. (And I was busy with Family stuff)

Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies, (the designated target area for out of control rockets)

Ken was there delivering orders and keeping us supplied with our rocketry needs.

Jason Pettler had the grill up and putting out hotdogs and burgers by request, chips and drinks. Jason was also busy recruiting people into our new 2015 ROCC Membership.

LOST AND FOUND.

 4inch (LOC?) nose cone, heavily weighted, painted black and white like I would see on a V-2 nose cone was found at the 31 Jan- 1 Feb launch.

Rodney Earp flew and lost a black/white LOC V-2 at the Jan 1^st New Years launch, so it could be his.

Red Dr. Rocket 38mm RMS, 38/720, SN# 110 with two metal grain spacers “now in excellent condition”. Found by a flier while out by the 5 trees along the ditch on the right side of the field where it was for who knows how long, plowed up out of the ground wrapped in a decayed cardboard and plywood motor mount. As I said, it is in excellent condition after being removed and cleaned.

Red Dr. Rocket 38mm RMS, 38/360, SN# 673. Also found after being plowed up wrapped in a decomposed engine mount. After cleaning no damage is seen and appears to be in perfect shape.

Pictures. Check the Gallery for launch photo’s. We see everyone is taking photo’s.

Remember, for our embarrassment and your entertainment, any pictures you have from this or any recent launch that you would like to get posted on the web site for everyone to see, just contact Doc Russell at: rocketrycarolina at gmail dot com, or as some have done, pass it on a disk, memory card or flash drive. We can always get it back to you. That’s how I do it.

Friday, 27 November, 2015.

Very calm and t-shirt weather. Easy laid back atmosphere, fly’em when your ready.

The only landings to the left tree line was because they wanted to go that way. With the perfect weather conditions you will see we had 10 “I” motor flights.

We had  25 fliers , put up  72 flights burning  77 engines with 10 Dual Deployment flights.

That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights.

A’s= 5,  B’s= 8,  C’s= 15,  D’s= 7,  E’s= 11,  F’s= 9,  G’s= 8,  H’s= 2,  I’s= 10,  J’s= 2,  K’s= 0.

(Remember, what I write is influenced by the penmanship/spelling of the writer.)

Charles Long had 3 flights, all Dual Deployment I think. A “G” and 2 “I”’s.

Steve Brown had the most recorded flights of 7 including 2 “I”’s.

Joe Pettler had 2 flights, one a “I” and did not write what the Formula 54 flew on. Another “I”?

Kaitlin Pettler had 2 flights including the “Doc Mc Stuffin” on a E9.

Kristin Pettler flew the “Mega Mosquito” on a D12.

Jason Pettler also had 2 flights, a “G 250” and a “I”, both Dual Deployments.

Matthew Stecher had 4 flights including two “I”’’s.

Doc Russell had 2 flights. A “D” and an “E” both on streamer recovery.

Mark Bartkowiak had 5 flights with two Dual Deployments.

Pete Brennan had 4 flights including the A.T. “Mirage” on a G125t and a two chute recovery.

Andrew Lewis had 5 flights including the “Undefeated Panthers” on a D12-5.

Holly Lewis had 3 flights all on a Estes 2 stage Solar Fare with a “Minion” as cargo.

Steve Batten, who likes to “pun” movie titles into rocket names flew 4 flights

Cheryl Batten had 4 flights including the “Go Tigers” on a F32 for two flights.

David and Michael Strunk had 4 flights including the skinny “Needle 29.1” on a F59.

Tyler Deaton had 2 flights including “The “Volunteer” on a G64.

Ralph Roberts had 2 flights including flying his daughters “Amandas UFO” on a D12-0.

Jim Scarpine, hey guy, long time. His flight was a upscaled “Stealth” on 54mm J360 Skid.

Don Ball flew his 3inch “Punisher” on a I301 with a dual deployment at 500ft.

John Bergsmith flew his upscaled “Fantom EXL” on a J350 with a dual deployment at 500ft.

Ryan Bergsmith had 3 flights including his “Big Blue Crayon” on a G70.

Jim Hendricksen flew a 3inch “Punisher” (same one?) on a I301 with dual at 500ft.

J.R. Devine also had 7 flights including a Estes “3 stage Comanche”.

Saturday, 28 November, 2015.

Again, perfect, Very calm and t-shirt weather. Easy laid back atmosphere, fly’em when your ready. We had 13 “H” flights and 8 “I” flights. Due to the great weather we really put up the big and high flying stuff.

We had  29 fliers , put up  78 flights burning  85 engines with 11 Dual Deployment flights.

That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights.

A’s= 6,  B’s= 1,  C’s= 18,  D’s= 6,  E’s= 7,  F’s= 11,  G’s= 13,  H’s= 13,  I’s= 8,  J’s= 1,  K’s= 1.

(Remember, what I write is influenced by the penmanship/spelling of the writer.)

Roy Potter had 7 flights blowing two Estes E-12’s in the “Red Dwarf” without damage.

Mark Bartkowiak had 4 flights including the “MIRV” 2 stage with a C6 to three A-10’s.

Eddie Haith had 2 flights including the “Disco Chicken” on a G64.

Jason Pettler flew his “Carbon Cowboy 38” (Ogino design) on a H410 dual deployed at 500ft.

Liam Thrower had 3 flights including his LOC 4inch “V-2” on a H152.

Alen Stephenson had 3 flights including a LOC 4in “V-2” on a H133 for a good L-1 Cert flight.

Doc Russell had 3 flights including his “Talon-2” on a G64.

Davidand and Michael Strunk had 3 flights with a “G” and two “H”’s.

Robbie Kirk, Hey guy, long time. Had 5 flights including the “Star Chaser” on a H152.

Dell Kirk flew the special “Halloween Rockette” on a G104.

Prof. Doug Knight had 4 flights including his “G-3” on a I245.

Don Ball had 3 flights including two “H” flights with a Dual deployment at 500ft.

Matthew Stecher had 6 flights including a “Formula 98” on a I540 with a Dual at 500ft.

Tim Tulowitsky had 7 flights including a classic AeroTech “Barracuda” on a F20.

Jim Hendricksen had 2 flights on a “H” and a “I” motor with Dual recovery’s at 500ft.

Patrick York had 4 flights including a classic looking “Wac Corporal” on a B6.

Mark Ferrell flew his upgraded Estes “Vagabond” on a F24 with a Dual recovery at 400ft.

Henry Caplan had 4 flights, I loved the “King Kraken” on a G64, very cool looking.

Todd Haring had 2 flights with two “I” flights of  the upscaled Estes “Sprite” looking very cool.

John Bergsmith had 3 flights, loved the upscaled “Bat Ray” on a I600, Dual at 500ft.

Kim Bergsmith had 2 flights including a Estes “Black Crayon” on a C6.

Ryan Bergsmith had 2 flights, both on the standard “Bat Ray” on F50’s.

Charles Ogino flew the “Sky Wolf 38” on a H154 so high it had to be tracked electronically.

Michael and Robert Brookman had 4 flights including the Estes “Solar Warrior” on a D12.

Emily Nelson flew her custom airbrushed “Iron Man” on a E9.

Sunday, 29 November, 2015.

Again, perfect, very calm and t-shirt weather. Easy laid back atmosphere, fly’em when your ready.

We had  22 fliers , put up  69 flights burning  80 engines with 6 Dual Deployment flights.

That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights.

A’s= 3,  B’s= 0,  C’s= 19,  D’s= 6,  E’s= 21,  F’s= 15,  G’s= 4,  H’s= 9,  I’s= 2,  J’s= 1,  K’s= 0.

(Remember, what I write is influenced by the penmanship/spelling of the writer.)

Kim Bergsmith had 2 flights including a “Goony Ghost” on a C6.

Ryan Bergsmith had 4 flights including the “Big Blue Crayon” on a G76.

John Bergsmith had 2 flights, both with his upscaled Estes “Swift” on H123’s.

Dave Popkin had 3 flights including the last for his “Delta 8 Pyramid” on a I224. Sorry.

Joe Pettler had 3 flights including the “Formula 54” on a F240.

Jason Pettler flew his “Carbon Cowgirl 54” on a H152 then a I212 Dual at 700ft.

Kristin Pettler flew Kaitlin’s “Pepa Pig” on a C6.

Kaitlin flew her “Pepa Pig” on a C6.

Matthew Stecher had 5 flights including his “M-104 Patriot” on a H123.

Roy Potter  had 5 flights including the last E12 to blow shredding the “Red Dwarf”.

Steve Batten had 3 flights including his LOC 4in “Canadian Arrow” on a H100, then H151.

Scott Pennington had 9 flights including a drag race with JR Devine with F15-6’s.

J.R. Devine had 5 flights and won the drag vs Scott with his Explorer II on a F15-6.

Barb Tobin had 8 flights test flying a lot of her contest glider and helicopter return.

Mark Mogge had 5 flights including his “Stark Industries Iron Man” on a G74.

Mark Ferrell flew his big shinny “Green Ghost” on a H128, Dual deployed at 400ft.

Don Ball flew his “Dark Star S4DD” on a H159 Dual deployed at 500ft.

Sandy Houston had 2 flights including his 3in “V-2” on a F12.

Erica Owens had 2 flights including a Estes “Bull Pup” on a C6.

Brad Shea had 2 flights including the “Tumble Bumble” on a C6.

Chase and Andrew ? flew a classic Estes “Maxi Alpha III” on a D12 then E9.

Jim Hendricksen flew the classic prototype of the “Wild Man-3” on a J500. Dual at 500ft.

Hope everyone had fun and will be looking forward to our next launch, till then, remember to keep your exhaust nozzles clear.

Roy. ROCC Sec.