Upcoming Launch Schedule

ROCC 2023-2024 Launch Schedule:

All launches are at the Midland, NC site unless otherwise stated.*

Mar. 30, 2024

Apr. 20 & 21, 2024

May 18 & 19, 2024

Jun. 15 & 16, 2024 (Field Permitting)

Here are some other launch opportunities in our area:

ICBM & ROSCO, better known as South Carolina Rocketry, flies near Dalzelle, SC., Just NE of Shaw AFB.  More information can be gotten at their site HERE

The Saturn Rocketry Club in Hendersonville is currently switching their launch field. As soon as we know where they land we will post it. Their FB site is HERE

NC Rocketry flies at Bayboro, NC in the northeast part of the state, information is HERE

 Set-up starts at about 9:30, launches commence about 10:30. Field closes about 60 min. before local dusk so we can clean up. Watch the site front page for specifics. Also visit us on FaceBook. You can also check for the FAA NOTAM at https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/nsapp.html#/ and using KCLT (Charlotte) as the location. This will give you the starting and ending times for HP flights. 

* If field is available due to crops, etc.

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Wednesday
Feb082017

Our (late) January 2017 launch report 

Make-Up” Launch weekend, 28th and 29th January  2017.

 

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

Ken was there to meet our requests and delivering orders just to keep us supplied with all our rocketry needs.

 

Rocket Ralph, (filling in for Jasson)  had his grill up and running providing dogs and brauts for our consumption to meet our nutritional requirements to keep up with our launching frenzy.

 

ROCC Rocket Raffle season. I had a display of the rockets for our celebration of the reopening of the rocket season out for display along with ticket sales from the December Launch .

We sold new tickets and gave away all 12 of those set out for Saturdays General drawing.

Sunday we didn’t have enough attendance (9) to be fair to raffle off the rest. SO I’m planning to complete the General raffle collection (winners choice) and the 5 ticket specific rockets at the next Saturday launch. We want the new owners to play with them at the next launch.

 

Jolly Logic Chute Release System. (check NAR “Sport Rocketry” magazine articles)

(Sorry for the plug, but I’m still asked if they are as good as the reports say.)

A lot of the Dual Deployment launchs are now being performed with the new product from Jolly Logic who first came out with the small Altitude recorder. This device is very user friendly and can deploy as high as 1000ft  to as low as 100ft and fit in a BT60 sized body tube. We have been increasingly impressed with its performance. The most notable thing you have to change is how you wrap your chute bundle.

 

ROCC Club Membership (along with the Raffle sales) covers the cost of maintaining the launch equipment, supplies and our association fees with the National Association of Rocketry and the Tripoli Rocketry Association plus covers our insurance.

Remember, any $20 membership (which can cover your whole family) comes with a ROCC Club “T” shirt. Check with on styles and colors available.

Check with Jason ( or Club web site WWW. Rocketry Carolina.org) on Memberships.

 

LOST AND FOUND. We have=

Check the box for a few nose cones, a three,18mm  motor cluster booster, and a few ect.

 

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

We see a lot of people taking pictures out there. Let’s get them onto the ROCC Web Site and 0nto the Gallery section. 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@gmail.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.

 

Saturday, 28 Jan.

The early morning frost had all evaporated by the set-up time of 9:30 and was sunny with bright sky’s all day long.  And it would have been quite comfy if the light to moderate winds had been calmer. Over all the winds were not that much of an issue. We all took that into account on our flight choices.

We had our few kato’s and “not-quite as we expected” launch’s, but nothing spectacular.

 

We had  25   fliers , put up  78   flights burning  79   engines .

                                                   

That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights

A’s= 6,  B’s= 28,  C’s= 18,  D’s= O,  E’s= 6,  F’s= 7,  G’s= 3,  H’s= 4,  I’s= 3,  J’s= 3,  K’s= 1.

 

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

 

Avery Walden flew his raffle rocket, a Estes “Monarch” on a B6-4, another raffle rocket, a “Daddy Long Legs” on a B6-4 and a C6-5. His “Broken Fin” and a Estes “Der Red Max” both flew on a C6-5.

Brandon Jackson flew the “Scrapper” on a Estes F15-6, the “Old Glory” flew on a E18-7w. Brandon did a Ground Ejection Test of his Big “Antares” which was good for a later (Last flight of the day at 5:45) flight on a J540 redline for a great flight but the main ejection only pulled out the chute wrapper leaving the chute in the body. Maybe only moderate damage that could be hopefully repaired for next month when he said he would probably use a chute Bag instead of a wrap.

Jacob Bedsole flew his “Amazon Beast” on B4 motors. The Estes “Cross Fire ‘Bomb’” and his “US Army” (looked like a Estes Cluster Bomb) flew on A8-3’s.

Paddy Clancy, from High Point University, I think, flew the strange “Funny, it worked last time” on a J340-m for a L-2 certification flight that looked perfect with a dual deployment at 500ft. But upon recovery, discovered his motor was missing and had ejected (probably during his back-up charge for the apogee separation). No one noticed as it was out of sight at the time. Luckily, extrapolating where the apogee would have occurred and a expected fall line, I and Ralph helped Charles Ogino, who found it Sunday.

Steve Brown flew a Estes “CC Express” 2 stage on a C11 to a C11-7, a Estes “Hi-Flyer XL” also flew on a C11-5. A small (Estes?) half spool looking device called a “Pizza Table” flew on a C6-0. The “splinter” flew on a A8-5 then a B6-6, a “Fat Boy” flew on a C11-5 and then a C6-3 with a motor adapter. Steves LOC “Big Nuke (Shorty)” flew on a H242-6t with a Jolly L dual deployment at 300ft. His “LOC Fantom” flew on a I161-10w with a Jolly L dual recovery at 300ft. His “LOC Hyper-LOC 1600” flew on a J514-14w with a dual deployment at 475ft.

Malcolm Smith flew a Estes “Der Red Max” and a Estes “Big Dawg” on B6-4’s. A tubular finned “Schecter Totally Tubular” also flew on a B6-4. A mini “Der Red Max” flew on a mini A3-4 while his “Flis Flea” flew on a A8-5 and a “Flis Thing-a-ma-jig” flew on a A8-3.

Alen Stephenson flew the cool aerodynamic  “Alien” and it flew on a I120-11 with a dual deployment at 500ft.

Randy Hewat  flew his “T-4” on a C6-5.

Roy Potter, I flew my 4inch “T-4” on a G79-4w rear ejection that had a only a 2sec delay with a vertical rear ejection that stopped it jerking it backward but recovered and landed fine. My mini “Red Bull Pup” flew on a C5-3 that kato’d so I’ll have to scrub the interior clean. My “Pirate Ship” flew perfectly normal with a good rear ejection on a F30-4fj.

Siri Chadalawada, a returning Jr female flier flew a Estes “Chrome Dome” on a B6-4, her “Golden Yellow Touch” on B6-4’s and the “Carolina Free” also flew on a B6-4.

Sathvika Chadalawada, sister to Siri, returned also to fly the “Yellow Thunder” on a B6-4 and the Estes “Chrome Dome” on multiple B6-4 flights.

Eddie Haith flew his “School Daze” on a F20-7, his “Disco Chicken” flew on a F15-6, the “RED” flew on a C6-5 then his “Butter Cup” flew on a Estes F15-6.

Mark Bartkowiak brought out a old classic, a “Flying Stove Pipe” that flew on a C6-5 that is to separate a big tube that glides back but hung up on the booster. No damage I believe. The “Chinese Year of the Rooster” (a modified old Estes Astro Man) flew in honor of the new year on a B6-4. A unpainted “Naked Xarconian Cruiser” flew on a C6-5. His flying submarine, “Sub Orbital” flew just a tad bit unstably on a F15-6. His Estes Pro Series II “Ascender” flew on a Estes F15-6 with a Jolly L dual deployment at 400ft.

Mike Nay flew his “Dyna Star” twice on E12-4 with a Jolly L deployment at 200ft. His HP (Mad Cow?) “Torrent” flew on a I140-6 with a Jolly L deployment at 300ft.

Elon University team from the Greensboro area, Michael Dryzer, liam Kakavos and Julie Fillon, first did a two part ground test of the separation and then ejection charge before flying the “Phoenix 3” on a L-2 cert flight on a K456 with a dual deployment at 700ft, but the shock anchor in the bulk -head  tore out at the apogee separation with a drogue chute.

Liam Thrower flew a carbon composite “MECO” on a H163 with a dual recovery at 500ft.

Puneet Lingutla, another returning young female flier flew her “Yellow Fly” and the “Burning Star” and a raffle rocket, “US Army” and last a “Dyno Star” on B6-4’s.

Jeremiah Brennan didn’t have a great day but grinned through the flights of a “Phoenix” on a H148-6 where something went wrong and after 3 tries was able to ignite his NCR “Archer” on a G57-7 Pro-29 that Kato’d blowing the front ejection closure up through the Pro case mushrooming the case locking it in place in the motor mount. The rear interior will have to be cut or ground out to get everything out. Bummer of a big job. (Hint, Sunday was much better.)

Trent Dominic flew a Estes “Little Boy” on a B6-4.

Duane Dominic flew his “Blue Jr” on a series of E9-4’s.

Andrew Henegar flew a Estes “Wild Flyer” on a series of B6-4’s.

Kim Bergsmith flew a Estes “Pink Crayon” on a C6-5.

Ryan Bergsmith flew a Estes “Orange Crayon” also on a C6-5.

Tyler Deaton flew the “Volunteer” on a G64-10 with a Jolly L deployment at 400ft.

 

Sunday, 29 Jan.

OK, It was more windy. Very sunny and clear, but it was windy.  

 

We had  9  fliers , put up  25   flights burning  33   engines .

                                                   

That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights

A’s= 3,  B’s= 3,  C’s= 9,  D’s= 2,  E’s= 11,  F’s= 3,  G’s= 0,  H’s= 1,  I’s= 1,  J’s= 0,  K’s= 0.

 

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

Avery Walden proved to be a busy flier today with 7 flights. He flew a mini “LOC IV” on a A8-3 then a B6-4. His new Estes “Monarch” flew on a B6-4. The “Astro Jr” went up on a mini A10-3t. His new “Daddy Long Legs” and a Estes “Der Red Max” both flew on C6-5’s. Lastly, Avery’s Estes “Baby Bertha” flew on a A8-3.

Jeremiah Brennan returned, and after paying to the rocket gods yesterday, had a good day flying his (Mad Cow ?) “Torrent”. First on a H550 with a successful dual deployment at 400ft. Then he flew it on a I218 with another successful dual deployment again at 400ft. A great recovery from yesterday.

Scott Pennington was also a busy flier with 8 flights. He flew his “Black Gold” on a Estes F15-6 and very nice looking “Nike Hercules” scale missile that flew on a F25-4t that as a tail lander just had to snap off one of the big fins, an inherent risk with that fin design that you just have to deal with. His LOC, 7 motor cluster “Stovi” flew with a cluster of 7 E9-4’s that had a perfect flight with a Jolly L deployment at 300ft even with only 6 out of the 7 igniting. Lots of left over power available there. Scotts “SR 71 Black Bird” flew on a C6-5, his sci-fi looking “Cosmo” flew on a E9-4. The “Scoob” flew on a Estes F15-6 and a “Bull Pup” flew on a E30-4 while his scale Estes “Mercury Redstone” flew on a D12-5.

Roy Potter, I flew my Estes “Silver Bullet” on a B6-4 and “Thumper” flew on a E15-4 which was too weak to push through the winds and did a Warner Brothers Cartoon lawn dart landing ejecting the body up off the nose after darting. Soft ground and heavy body tube means no damage so she was good to later fly on a E30-4 just fine.

J.R. Devine flew his “Black Knight” on a D12-5.

Ryan Bergsmith flew a Estes “Orange Crayon” on a C6-5.

John Bergsmith flew a tumble recovery “Bi-curlated Octagon” spinning saucer on a C6-5.

Lila Wilson flew a Estes “Super Nova” two stage on a C6 to a C6-5. Almost lost the booster but found it.

Sawyer Wilson flew a “Load Star” 2 stage on a C6 to a C6-5 and did loose the upper stage with no chute deployed.

OR.. was it the other way around?

 

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.