LEAP Launch Report!!
Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 9:23PM Launch Report for Saturday 29 Feb and Sunday 1 March , 2020.
Barb Tobin continued to sponsor a Low Power rocket giveaway that I and others donated to. We gave away a number of really nice and collectable rockets for Donations to the ROCC Treasury. We will have the rest at the next launch.
Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies,
Ken was there and as always, providing some essential, desperately needed item, part, tube, epoxy, nosecone, motor or brick-a-brack. You know, stuff.
LOST AND FOUND. Roy has Terry Baucom’s 29/240 motor caseing.
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, nosecones, 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
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.
For memberships, check with Brenda Marshall, our new Membership Officer, out at the launch site. ( Or check the Club web site on line for any new updated information At= WWW. RocketryCarolina.org).
At this time, Ask Brenda first about any checks.
ROCC Club “T” Shirt’s, can also be purchased as the supplies last, until a new source is obtained. Check on styles and colors available at the launch.
Saturday, 29 Febuary, 2020.
Oh yeah. It was definitely a bit on the windy side.
It was just inside the safe-to-fly-zone. We still hung out, talked, bugged Ken, made jokes and flew a few fun flights. I was surprised that none of the rockets “wind-cocked” into the wind, but Doc could see from his angle that my “Missile” shifted sideways while in vertical flight. We also noted that the ground wind was stronger than the higher altitude above 300 some feet, they just slowly drifted until hitting the lower altitude.
Yeah, We only had 4 fliers , but we had fun. We put up 11 flights burning an equal number of 11 engines.
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A= 2, B= 0, C= 2, D= 3, E= 3, F= 1, G= 0, H= 0, I= 0, J= 0, K= O.
(Remember, what I write is influenced by your penmanship and spelling.
Chuck Bracey came out today as he would not be available tomorrow. He flew his “Brighton” (a large Big Bertha looking rocket) on a F30-6fj with a Jolly Logic deployment for 300ft. But while the nose ejected, the chute bundle did not, so after removing 3 to 4inchs of tube tip, it will be ready for next month. His “Cherokee-D” flew on a Q-Jet C12-6 then a Q-Jet D16-6.
Roy Potter. I got in 3 flights. I wanted to burn off some old Aero Tech E15s and E30s. The “Missile” first flew on a Estes E9-6 to see if it will push through the wind or wind cock. It got enough height that there was plenty of time for the 6 sec delay to work. So then it went up on a AeroTech E15-7 thinking it should get even higher with plenty of time for the 7 second delay. Nope.Nada. Both the Missile and “BOB” on a E15-7 Chuffed on the pad so both “Darted” before the ejection went off or the powder was dry rotted and just “Fizzled” instead of “Banged”. The “Missile” was a loss but “BOB” was repaired for Sunday.
Bill Jetton flew the “Chiller” on a C6-5 with no problems.
Malcolm Smith flew a number of “Apple White” Tumble recovery rockets. Good choice for today. The “Cinco” flew on a D11-P, the “Stealth” flew on a A10-P, a Apple white “Spool” on a A10-P and a “Pin-Wheel” on a D11-P.
OK, that was Saturday, lots of hanging out and laughing at each other over the winds. But we had some fun.
Sunday, 1st of March, 2020. MAD March?
OK. This was the day we were hopeing for. There was ground frost when I first got there but it burned off quickly and the breeze was chilly for awhile so the fire pit was welcome to warm some hands and keep my coffee hot. Later it was t-shirts for some, sweat shirts for others, with clear skies, high clouds and a minimal wind to the north west to east. I don’t remember who had the last flight, but after the nosecone fell free at the ejection at apogee, it drifted to became the only loss to the trees, well past Farmer Simpsons. Well….. except for Barb of course.
We had 14 fliers . Put up 46 flights . Burned 58 engines.
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A= 6, B= 5, C= 8, D= 16, E= 8, F= 6, G= 5, H= 3, I= 0, J= 1, K= O.
(Remember, what I write is influenced by your penmanship and spelling.
Mark Bartkowiak flew his Star Wars “Tie Fighter” on a C6-3 successfully where his “X-Wing Fighter” on a B6-4 didn’t get the height to eject so he had to dig up the nose. His cluster flight of the “Hydra” was great. He loaded 4 of the possible 7 cluster motor mount with 1 C6-0 with 3 outboard C6-5’s that all lit up. It Looks so good when a cluster works. His “Unit 87, Cluster Bomb” flew on a B6-4 that got higher than I expected for a “B” engine.
Hazel LeGrone flew her new “No Idea” (from the giveaway) on a B6-4, “Not Sure” also on a B6-4 then the “Medusa” on a A10-3. All were great flights.
Carl LeGrone flew the bigger “Still not sure” twice on a D12-5. (another giveaway)
Paul Kraemer flew a nice LOC “Hi-Tech-45” on a G38-7fj with a jolly Logic deployment at 300ft. His big impressive flight was a LOC “Ultimate” 7 motor cluster of 1 F50-6 center with a 6 outboard D12’s. Very impressive, the 6 “Ds” definitely added smoke and noise to the strength of the one “F”.
Ralph Roberts flew his Estes Caveman “Rocc-It” on a D12-5 that promptly Kato’ed. Bummer, it has been flying on the farm since the Cave Man commercials on TV.
Eddie Haith I though had more flights, but all I have is one for his Estes “Alpha” on a A3-4.
Greg Hanson went for a L-2 qualification flight on a Cessironi, J145 with a planned deployment at 700ft, but Kato’ed half up the rail. I didn’t think a Cess could suffer a forward failure the way it is designed. Surprise!
Bill Jetton flew a Estes? “Astron Explorer” on a E12-4 (from the giveaway?)
Dan Butcher flew a YRC “Iris” on a F67-6 with a parasite altimeter just to see how high it went. A Black “Star Voyager” flew on a E9-6 with a Jolly Logic deployment. He also flew a Tango “Mars Lander” scratch built based on available plans on a D12-3.
Doc Russell, Club El Prezidenti, flew a Quest “Renegade” on a C12-8, the “Student Rocket” on a B6-4 and good sized, scratch built “Solar Sailer” on a F67-6. His “Tigger” was set up for a flight on a H128 with a J/L deployment at 500ft, I don’t know if it flew, but card is here, I didn’t see it after the 3rd failure to ignite, but I may have missed it.
Eric Noguchi came on out. I expected him to bring out his fleet of Cloned Gliders to test fly. He did have his Upscaled “Raven” delta boost glider that lifted on a Q Jet C12-4 that didn’t get the height he wanted but once it leveled out it had a really nice level glide ratio. He flew his "Flying Pyramid” air drag rocket on a C6-3 with a air drag recovery and a Squirrel Works 2-stage flying spool. Heard of it, first one I saw, so it was nice to see how that was to work. And it worked well on a D12-0 to another D12-0.
Barb Tobin did some more NAR competition flights for testing and for time and score. Her “Helicopter Duration” flew twice on 1/2A-2t’s and her “Streamer Duration” flew on a 1/2A-2t. The most impressive, but not by intent, was her “Chute Duration” flight on a 1/2A-2t that deployed, hovered, slowly settled toward the ground, then decided to disobey the laws of gravity by going up, way, way up. I believe it passed the highest powered flight of the day and we will probably get a call from the FAA for passing the 4,000ft altitude allowed to us. It disappeared off into the clouds to float out into the wilderness of the unknown regions of space.
Roy Potter, well I brought out my repaired “BOB” from Saturdays lawn dart and loaded my last old AeroTech E30-7 which decided to Kato on the pad. It’s a poop-chuter so all I really need to do is replace the rear ejecting motor mount spool. The “Orange-4” flew on a F67-4, “Red-5” flew on a G74-4. “Yellow-6” flew on a G77-4r and “White-7” flew on a G80-4. All pooped their large donut chutes quite properly.
Scott Pennington came out with the most flights of the day at 12 flights, but who’s counting. “Der Coffee Max” (up scaled Der Red Maxx) flew on a G76-6 with a J/L deployment at 400ft. The “Beetle” flew a cluster of three D12-5’s just fine. “Cosmo-2” flew twice on E12-4’s, his cool looking Military scale “SA-Archer” missile flew on a F27-8r with a J/L deployment at 300ft. The “Red Expedition” lifted on a E9-6 but kato’d. The “Arrow” flew well on a H550-7 with a successful J/L deployment at 400ft. The “Red Raptor” flew on a H219-7 also with a J/L at 400ft. The “Red Harpoon” flew on a E12-4, the “QCC Explorer” on a D12-5 while the “Galaxian” flew on a E12-4. “Big Bird” (name is a mystery, he won’t tell) flew on a F67-6w.
It was a great day.
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Just remember, keep the pointy end up and your exhaust nozzle clear.