Roy's Rocket Report for 11/29 & 11/30/19
Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 4:37PM Launch Report for Friday, 29th and Saturday the 30th of November 2019.
Just a reminder that the J/L (Jolly Logic Chute deployment Sys) deployments can be pretty close to the ground before the chutes Fully open up. (Instructions say to allow 50 – 125 ft for the chute to fully deploy and open). And chutes not correctly folded can result in a tangled chute. New users of J/L should see the manual for folding techniques or see the chute folding Videos on the J/L web site.
Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies,
Ken was there and as always, providing some essential item desperately needed.
LOST AND FOUND.
Check the box for a few nose cones, and a few other odd items.
As a note, when you are walking across the fields on the trek to locate your latest launch, keep your eyes open on the ground for anything. Not all motor casings look alike. Also there are mini altimeters, nose cones, motor retainers, ect.
Pictures. Check the Gallery for launch photo’s. Come on, We see everyone is taking photo’s. Lets Get them onto the ROCC Club WEB Site Gallery.
Just contact Doc Russell at rocketrycarolina@gmail.com, “or” as some have done, pass it on a disk, memory card or flash drive
Friday, 19 Nov , 2019. The Black Friday Lauch.
I had “Day after Turkey Day” responsibilities, but some diehards needed to come out or suffer more Rocket withdrawls.
The weather was pretty good as I heard. Jims “K” launch was reported to land within a 100 feet of his truck, so it was mild to minimal wind conditions, comfortable temperatures and clear skies..
We had 10 fliers , put up 33 flights burning 33 engines.
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A= 11 , B= 0 , C= 6 , D= 3 , E= 8 , F= 2 , G= 0 , H= 2 , I= 0 , J= 0, K= 1 .
(Remember, what I write is influenced by your penmanship and spelling.
Duane Dominick flew the “Recycle-II” on a E12-6, the “Fairy Power” on a H225-14 with a J/L deployment. The “Sea Wolf” went up on a H125-12 with a J/L deployment at 500feet. The “Sissor Wing” (glider?) flew on a C5-6? Then the “Recycled Goblin” flew on a E12-4.
Trent Dominick flew his Estes “Photon Probe” on a C6-5.
Brent Biersteder flew a scale “Saturn-V” on a E30-4 and a “Standard Arm” also on a E30-4.
Brenda Marshell, OUR NEW Membership Officer, flew the “Flying Colors” on C6-5’s. Rumor is that she was once a Ice Hockey Coach, so she has the sticks to keep our memberships current.
Jim Scarpine flew a Performance Hobbies 6inch “Der Red Maxx” on a Loki K828 spitfire for an amazing flight and recovery all caught by Barb Tobin I believe. Photos posted on the ROCC Facebook site. He also flew a “38mm Stealth” on a F50.
Barb Tobin, who accounted for all the “A” engines used, flew a number of “NAR Competition models” for testing. Her “Exp. Streamer” flew on a 1/2A3-2, “Exp Helo Duration” both for test and times on 1/2A3-2’s. “Chute Durations” were also on ½ A-2’s. A “Boost Glider” flew on a 1/2A3-2.
Doc Russell flew his “Goblin” on a D12-7, streamer recovery. The “Ranger” flew on a F76-4 and the “Mega Mosquito” flew on a E9-6 while the Estes “Executioner” flew on a E12-6.
Mark Bartkowiak flew a hi-tech “Super Big Bertha” twice on a E16-4 loaded with a J/L deployment at 500ft and a Key chain video camera to capture the lift off and flight. His “SR-71 Black Bird” flew on a D12-5.
Bill Jetton flew his “Dark Silver” on C6-5’s.
Ralph Roberts flew his, so simple a caveman can do it, Estes “Rock-It” on a D12-5.
Saturday, 30 Nov , 2019. The Dreaded Black Saturday Launch.
A larger group showed up, more of the regulars, some new people and old friends dropping by to visit. A smidgen more breezy and high clouds over 3000ft and a little chilly but all within limits.
We had 16 fliers , put up 55 flights burning 59 engines.
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A= 14, B= 4, C= 7, D= 2, E= 8, F= 9, G= 6, H= 4, I= 5, J= 0, K= O.
(Remember, what I write is influenced by your penmanship and spelling.
Barb Tobin, continuing with testing and timing her NAR completion rockets accounted for 11 of the 14 “A” motors used. “Helo Duration” flew on 1/2A3-2’s, “Chute Duration” also on 1/2A3-2’s, “Boost Glider Duration” on 1/2A3-2’s, “Streamer Duration” on a 1/2A3-2. “Payload Altitude” flew on a B6-4 and for the fun of it, the “Partison” on a F15-8.
Mark Bartkowiak flew a estes “Puma” on a A3-4T then a A10-3T. He flew yesterdays “Super Big Bertha in White” again on a E16-6 loaded with a J/L deployment at 500ft and a Key chain video camera to capture the lift off and flight, but, suffered a forward closure failure just off the pad. Minimal rocket damage but the forward closure seems to have impacted the J/L chute release shattering it into pieces, the foil battery could not be found. J/L is pretty good at repairing damaged units so I hope they can help him out.
Eddie Haith flew a Estes “Big Alpha” on a C6-5 then boosted a new Estes 2-stage “Boosted Bertha” on a C6-0 to a C6-5 successfully. I love it when boosters work.
Roy Potter. Well I brought out all Poop Chute rockets also with Donut chutes except for the “The Q”. “Orange-4” flew on a G74-5 Econo-Maxx, “Red-5” also on a G74-5, “Yellow-6” flew on a G79-7 and “White-7” on a G80-4 in which we both heard the ejection charge go off and a poof of ejection smoke but no chute so it darted. Ken saw me coming so quickly pulled out a new body tube and nose cone for me. Thanks Ken. “The Q” was a normal rocket that flew on a G40-4 that landed in the normal manner. Boorring.
UNC Charlotte flew with Ralph Roberts as Mentor. The “Rise of Skywalker” flew on a I300-14 with electronics of two altimeters with backup chute and main chute deployment at 500ft. Everything worked fine. “Rouge-1” (I see a SW pattern here) also flew on a I300-14 successfully.
Eric Noguchi flew a “Edmonds Ecee” boost glider on a “1/2A3-2t. His “Holverson Swing Glider Clone” flew on a B4-4 that was a good flight. The “J+H Aerospace Wind Lance” Glider flew on a D12-3. I forget which, but one really glided on over the rise of the field. Eric found it luckily as it was about the same color as the field of corn stalks. Eric also flew his “Flying Halloween Bowl of Terror” on a C6-3 for a air drag flight and recovery.
Steve Brown, always comes out with some goodies. His “Runt flew on a F35-5, his LOC “Sandhawk” flew on a F44-8, the “Hi-Flyer” on a F12-5j with a streamer recovery. His impressive “Tree Stump” flew on a I245-8, and like mine, we heard a ejection charge go off and I thought I saw ejection smoke, but the chute did not deploy, so it made a flat spin landing on its side. Any damage is unknown. His “LOC Forte” flew on a F67-6 with a Pnut altimeter to see how high it went. A “Naked (unpainted), Unnamed” rocket flew on a I1178fj with a J/L deployment at 500ft and a Pnut to record the altitude. A Estes “Fat Boy” flew on a D12-5.
Doc Russell, besides keeping everything running, got one of his old favorites, the “Tigger” that flew on a Cessironi H165-7. The “Argent” flew on a F67-7. His fantastic looking “Fire Ball-XL5” (the main spaceship from the classic old British TV series) flew on a I211, sooo cool.
David Strunk flew a long skinny “Needle” on a H165-14r that made a standing landing because the fins imbedded in the soft field soil when it landed.
Michael Strunk flew his naked (Unpainted) up scaled “Der Red Maxx” on a H165-7r for a great flight and good recovery.
Scott Pennington flew his (they all look so good because they are so complicated to build) “Cosmo” on a E12-4, the “Nike-X” went on a C6-5, the difficult to build “Black Galaxy” flew on a E12-4, the “V-2” on a E12-4 and the “Beetle” on a cluster of three E12-4’s and then the “Nike Smoke” flew on a F64-6. His good looking black and white paneled “Nike Zues” flew on a H283-7 with a J/L deployment at 400ft, but for the third time we heard a ejection charge go off but no deployment but like Steve’s, it did a flat spin landing flat and only braking one fin. Luckily the farm field was fairly soft and forgiving.
Jim Jacobson flew a Estes “SR-71 Black Bird” twice on a C6-5.
Curtis Jacobson flew the Estes “Star Voyager” on a E12-4.
Bill Jetton flew the “Phantom Blue” on a B6-4 and a Estes “Cross Fire ISX” flew on a B6-4.
Pete Brennan flew a “Un Named” on a AeroTech F67-6.
John Pasour flew a 16oz “Johns Bird” first on a F42-4 and then wanted to go for it and loaded a Estes Pro Series II “G80-7” in a 16oz rocket. We thought, well that’s gone. But no, conditions were just too good and landed within sight on the field.
It was a good couple of days for flying, everyone had a good time and yes, a few paid up in advance to the Rocket gods for the future.