November 2022 Launch Report

  Saturday 19 - Sunday 20,  November 2022, Post-Launch Report.

Yes, With the holidays, trip to SC for turkey and other distractions ( taking down the Thanksgiving decorations and puling out the Christmas stuff for the in-laws) I am just getting this put together. Cally, our calico cat, kept wanting to chase the blinking cursor.

Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies,

 Ken was on hand Saturday to meet our rocketry needs,  then off up north on Sunday.

LOST AND FOUND

Steve Brown, we found your “Rascal” (accidently left behind).

Jaycob Gray, we also found your “DDS” 2 stage, both sections. and your Ultra-Flyer.

Check the box, we have some nose cones, and a few other odd items.

As a note, when you are walking across the fields, 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.  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  covers the costs of maintaining the launch equipment, supplies and our association fees with the “National Association of Rocketry” and the “Tripoli Rocketry Association” which covers our insurance.

For memberships, check it out at the launch site.

We also now have new envelopes with a membership form that can be picked up filled out at the site or taken home and then filed out and brought back.

ROCC Club “T” Shirt’s, are limited right now but can be purchased as the supplies last until a new source is obtained. Check on styles and colors available at the launch.

Remember, the Donation Box goes to the Land Owner. Please Donate.

We have been running short on the “Rent” to the landowner the last few months.

Saturday, 19 November, 2022

The weather was  pretty great overall. Temps were chilly in the early AM then moved for some braver types to T-shirt comfort in the early afternoon, then slowly cooled off by the end of the day. What breeze or light winds there were blew mostly south east toward the bridge (behind the hog pens). Of course, ground winds below 300 ft tended to swing around blowing from south east to south west a bit.

We had  20   fliers,  and flew  63  flights and burnt   70  motors.

This includes all   clusters and   multi-stage  flights

A= 0,   B= 2,   C= 12,   D= 5,   E= 18,   F= 10,   G= 8,   H= 8,   I= 6,   J= 0,   K= 1.

Remember, what I write is influenced by your penmanship and spelling.

Lenier Rhyne Univ. Bear Rocket Club with Prof Doug Knight flew the “Taming of the Bear, The Sequel”. The “Bear” flew with a number of hi-tech functions to perform on a Aero Tech K1100 with electronic deployments at apogee and other programed altitudes. Including the successful main chute deployment at 800ft.

Mark Bartkowiak flew his “I Don’t  Give a Snark” on a Estes E16-6 that flew fine but the ejection failed to push the chute bundle out of the forward opening of the body tube after the nose cone. Even after losing its aerodynamic effect with the nose off and the center of gravity with the  weight of the chute at the front, it basicly came down ballistic with only some front damage it believe.

Girl Scout Leader, Trp 274, Steph Martell? Had two young girl fliers.

Kristina N. (Scout ?) flew the “Red Diamond” on a B6-4.

Gilbert (Scout?)  flew the “Spirit” twice on C6-5’s and the “Speed 2.0” also on a C6-5.

Steve Brown flew a Estes “Rascal” on a B6-6 for a good flight landing near the pads, but due to all the activity was forgotten and left behind. But our cleanup crew turned it into the lost and found. His nice (LOC)“Big Nuke” (bottom half) flew on a I161-10 with a motor deployed chute at apogee. The (LOC?)“Vulcanite” flew on a long burning H73-10 with a electronic separation at apogee and a successful main chute deployment at 475 ft, His “Runt” flew on a F12-5 and a Estes “Hi-Flier XL” on a C6-5.

Duane Dominick flew a (LOC) “Mini Magg” on a I245-9 with a motor ejection and a successful Jolly Logic chute deployment at 500ft. His “Swan Song” flew twice on a E12-4.

Trent Dominick flew the “Red Dart” on a F52-5 and the “Bigger Bertha” on a F27-8 with a streamer recovery that allowed it to fall almost flat with the big fins catching enough air for it to glide backwards for most the return.

Doug Harsch flew his “ Mach-1 Anti-mater” on a Pro 38 G115 motor with a successful electronic droug chute at 1500ft and the main chute at 500ft. His Wildman “Gizmo-4” flew successfully on a H283-7 with a motor deployment. A LOC tubular fined “Cyclotron” flew on a Pro-38 H120-7 with a motor ejection with a Jolly Logic deployment at 200ft, we all thought that that was going to cut it awful close to the ground, but it was clearly good. (depending on how you pack/fold your chute, a J/L can add an additional 50 to 75 ft till the chute is completely inflated). Dougs LOC “Patriot” flew on a Aero Tech I175-4 with successful a motor ejection and J/L deployment at 300ft. His LOC “IQSY Tomahawk” flew on a Pro-24 G65-8 with another good J/L deployment at 300ft.

Jaycob Gray flew his 2 stage “DDS” with a C11 booster to a D12-3 sustainer which both motors flew great but there was no ejection from the upper stage motor so it came in ballistic and not found.  It was found later by Farmer Kip’s son? And performed a Shovel Recovery  (a lot shorter now), and returned it to us Sunday. Both the booster and upper stage are in the Lost and Found box. His smallish “Ultra-Flyer” flew a successful overpowered flight with a F44-8 using a ‘fall-away’ rail guide system. The rocket was lost but found Sunday  and put in the Lost and Found box along with the fall-away rail guide. Jaycob’s “Project 017” flew well on a F32-8.

Doug Knight flew his novelty rocket, “Flying Turd” (he can’t seem to lose it) on a Pro-29 H133 unk delay with motor deployment with a successful J/L deployment.

Caleb Knight flew the almost unpronounceable “transmogrifer” Egg pay-loader, on a G80-7 with a successful motor deployment at apogee.

Paul Kraemer flew a classic LOC “LOC-IV” (a very reliable design) on a H283-9 with a motor chute deployment. His “No Name-II” flew on a I366 with a elec cable cutter chute deployment.  His “Super Big Bertha” successfully flew on a I205-8 with a apogee deployment. His “Vertical Assault” flew great on a I195 with a elec deployment at apogee and elec main chute deployment at 500ft. The “T-Bolt” flew on a G250-9 V-Max with another fine motor deployment at apogee.

Matt Rushing flew his “Atomizer” on a C6-5, his nice looking Estes “Proto Star” on a E12-6. The “Big Dog” flew on a F52-5 with a successful Joly Logic deployment at 300ft.

Dan Rushing flew a Estes “Patriot” on a Q-Jet C12-6 with a chute recovery. His historically colored yellow/black “V-2” flew on a E12-6 with a good J/L deployment at 400ft. The “Coyote” flew on another C12-6. (C12 is a faster/shorter burning motor compared to the standard C6 we are used to).

Scott Pennington (who always brings a fleet to fly) flew a up-scaled “Der Red Maxx” on a G74-6 with a good J/L deployment at 300ft. His “Q C Explorer flew on a E12-4, and the “Little Stella” flew on a  F15-6, a very nice looking NASA “Little Joe” flew on a E30-4. Scott’s “Big Thor” flew on a H550-7with a motor ejection and J/L deployment at 300ft. The “Jaws” flew on a D12-5. The “STOVI” is impressive as it flys with a 7 motor cluster of E12-4’s with a good motor ejection and J/L deployment at 300ft. The “Cosmo” flew on a E12-4. The scale missile “SA-14 Archer” flew on a F52-5 with a good motor deployment. The yellow “Big Bird” flew on a G74-6 with a good motor deployment. Scott’s colorful “Old Glory” flew on a H182-7 with a motor ejection and a good J/L deployment at 300ft.

Morgan Pfister flew the “Scrambler” (Egg lofter?) on a C6-3 and the “Black Stripe” on a E9-4, both good flights.

Gary Pfister flew his “Blue Max” on a E12-3, his borrowed “Black Stripe” on a E9-6 and the “Purple Tail” flew on a D12-3. His Estes “Ascender” on a F15-4 Kato’ed on the pad resulting in a grass fire that our speedy Fire Control team quickly extinguished. Grass “Thatch” can be easily over looked but burns easily and can spread quickly if not engaged even quicker.

Mathew Pfister flew his “Lethal Threat” on a D12-3, his “Fire Storm” on a C6-3, his “Marble” on a C6-5, and his “Red Rover” flew on a C6-5. All very good flights.

Roy Potter, myself, kept flying my rear ejection rockets. (always like seeing peoples face  of, What the Heck??) The “White-1” flew on a D12-3. The “Yellow-2” flew on a E9-4. The “Blue-3” flew on a F44-4. And the “Orange-4” flew on a G74-4. All good flights.

Devon Tomkinson flew his “Bigger Bertha” on a G80-7 and his nice LOC “Mini Magg” flew on a H225-7 with a good motor deployment.

Sunday, 20 November, 2022

It was overcast, thereby colder and windier, not overly strong but enough and shifting. So Except for some who had to work Saturday and some regulars , we didn’t expect as big a gathering.

We had  7   fliers,  and flew  19  flights and burnt   19  motors.

This includes all   clusters and   multi-stage  flights

A= 0,   B= 0,   C= 12,   D= 2,   E= 2,   F= 1,   G= 1,   H= 0,   I= 0,   J= 1,   K= 0.

Sean McClarahan and the 49er Rocket Team had tried to launch their “Scout” for a Level 2 Certification flight yesterday but the electronic flight system would not arm. So not exactly under the best of conditions, the team came back out to try to make their qualifying flight. The “Scout” flew on a J500 with a electronic separation and drogue chute at apogee with a dancing freefall to a elec deployment of the main chute at 500ft. Except the main chute deployed at the high altitude of apogee (yanked out buy momentum or a elec malfunction?). so with the increased altitude and wind, it drifted closer toward the tree line that alomost looked like it would just brush the tree line limbs before landing, but made a tree landing just so short of the open field. A Real Bummer for them.

Ralph Roberts flew his old faithful Estes “Patriot” on a C6-4.

Doc Russell flew his 3inch upscale “Goblin” on a F52-5 with a motor ejection at apogee.

Wyatt Erdman flew his “Hi-Jinks” twice on a C6-7 with a streamer recovery. A good choice with the wind but still was lost on the second flight without when we heard no ejection charge so it must have returned sight unseen ballistic in the north field. A Estes, Ready to fly, Gold nose and fin canister with a red body tube.

Ryker Erdman flew his “Dragonite 4 times on a C6-7 also with a streamer recovery.

Holly Erdman flew her Estes”Rascal” 3 times on a C6-7, also a streamer recovery.

Roy Potter, again I flew my rear ejection rockets keeping closer to the lower altitudes.  “Orange-1/2” flew 3 times on a C6-3 and C6-5’s. The “White-1” flew twice on D12-3’s. The “Yellow-2” flew on a E9-4 (kind of low pushing through the wind) then a E12-4 (much better umph!), Then my “Orange-4” flew on a old G35-4 that only ‘smoldered’ on the pad with me expecting it to Kato any second. But it didn’t, But we still gave it about 10 minutes on the pad before approaching.

Watch the Facebook postings and web site for the next  launch.

Just remember, keep the pointy end up and your exhaust nozzle clear.