April 23 & 24 2022 Launch Report

Yes, I Am Late.  I didn’t realize it at the time. Following the launch, the world of Roy got kind of Chaotic. But thanks to Mark, I discovered that I was remiss in my duties. So, luckily I still had everything I needed, so I just needed a tall cup of coffee and no assistance on the keyboard by my cats to put it together.

Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies,

 I think Ken was on hand to meet our rocketry needs.

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, 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” covering 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.)

Saturday, 23 April, 2022 I think I remember, Sunday was the better day.

We had  30   fliers,  and flew  54  flights and burnt   67  motors.

This includes all   clusters and   multi-stage  flights

A= 0,   B= 1,   C= 7,   D= 2,   E= 9,   F= 18,   G= 9,   H= 17,   I= 3,   J= 1,   K= 0.

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

Of the Certification flights, other than obvious disqualifications, the flight results were not noted at the flight control table, so are unknown.

I believe the L-1 Cert flights immediately below are the UNC 49ers.

Luke Rigby flew a Zephyr ? named the “L-Wing” on a H135-9? For a L-1 Cert flight.

Kabir Jain flew the “Golilocks” on a H135-? Also on a L-1 Cert flight.

Olivia Beattie flew “Smiley” also on a H135-? again also for a L-1 Cert flight.

Andrew Hixon flew “The Stooksbury” also on a H135-? On a L-1 Cert flight.

Chris Porch flew “The Grey Bat”, you guessed it, on a H135-? For a L-1 Cert flight.  

Amy Beth Lee flew her “Argo” On a H135-? For a L-1 Cert flight that unfortunately resulted in a ballistic shovel recovery when the chute failed to deploy. Bummer.

Abel Tharakan flew his “Eclipse”  also on a H135-? For a L-1 Cert flight.

Kellan Griffith flew her “Azure Arrow” also on a H135-? For a L-1 Cert flight.

Matthew McCrary flew “The Test Dummy” on a H135-? Also on a L-1 Cert flight.

Israel Salami flew “The Spletoon” on a H135-? For a L-1 Cert flight also.

Brody Blake flew his “Silver Surfer” on a H135-? For his L-1 Cert flight.

Rohan Patel flew the “Bane of Moscow” on a H135-? For a L-1 Cert flight.

Mann Patel flew the “Little Einstein” also on a L-1 Cert flight with a H135-?

Alex Beard, a junior flier, flew his Estes “Rip Tide” on a B6-3 for nice low level test flight before kicking it up there on a C6-7.

Zayneb Nowmar, “Z” a Junior flier, flew the “Arrow” on a C6-3 that turned north then drifted well past the tree line. I think she was more excited about how high and far it went than Its loss.

Julius Burris flew a LOC “Lil Nuke” on a fast, F101-10, (who makes that?) for a really nice flight.

Harrison Boston flew a  “Extreme Dark Star” on a Aero Tech J800-T with a dual deploy of a drouge chute at apogee and a main chute deployment at 800ft with a “feather weight” Tracker just in case it decides to go far away, but ended up being not needed with a close landing instead.

William Mauney flew a LOC “Forte” on a long slow burn CTI H87-7 with a jolly logic deployment at 600ft.  (loved that long burn)

John Kruge  flew his “Aqua-V” on a I540-7 with a motor chute deployment at apogee and I believe a nearby landing.

Doug Knight flew his LOC “V-2” on a CTI H152-8, and a LOC “Forte” on a AT H210-? With a J/L chute deployment at 400ft.

Doc Russell flew his “Argent” on a F67-6 with a J/L chute deployment at 500ft. His upscaled “Goblin” also flew on a F67-6, also with a J/L chute deployment at 500ft.

Devon Tomkinson flew a 3in upscaled “Super Big Bertha” on a G58-6 and a G79-6.

Michael Hollowell flew a LOC “4-29SS” with a cluster of four G78 motors with a drogue at apogee and a main chute deployment at 400ft. He really impressed the crowd with a upscaled R/C Glider, the “Aurora Spaceliner” with a boost by a looong burning H13-Plugged motor to apogee to do a graceful R/C glide return and smooth landing.

Mark Bartkowiak flew a upscaled Big Bertha? Named the “Golden Snit,” it flew on a F15-6 that experienced a rear nozzle failure on the pad without any damage I think. It just sat there on the pad burning off the fuel.  Mark’s really nice scaled “Nike Hercules” (3-D printed) two stage, flew on a booster of four E26-4s to successfully   airstart a single F39-6 with a J/L chute deployment at a unk setting. Mark puts a lot of work into his rockets.

Ron Crosier flew a standard Estes  “Goblin” on a D12-5 with a streamer recovery. Then he flew a upscaled “Goblin-E” on a E20-7 with a normal chute deployment at apogee.

Gilbert Barnhardt flew a Estes “Spirit” on a B6-4 and then a C6-5 and a “Patriot” on a C6-5.

Dan Rushing flew a Estes “Red Nova” on a D22-4? (who makes that?) and a Estes? “Patriot” on a C6-5.

Matt Rushing flew a Estes? “Astro Explorer” on a E12-4, and a “Unk Named” on a F15-4 with a J/L deployment at 500ft.  A Estes “”Mean Machine” flew on a E12-6.

Paul Kraemer flew the “Ultimate” with a cluster of five F50 motors and a dual deployment at 500ft. His “Quadraphonic” flew on a cluster of four F15 motors also with a dual deployment at 500ft. Cluster flights are very impressive when they work.  A large upscaled “Mosquito” flew on a G25-5 and his “Super Big Bertha” flew on a CTI I243-8 both with a apogee chute deployment.

Roy Potter, I flew a number of my rear ejection ‘Poop Chuters’. The “J/L-X” (Jolly Logic deployment experiment with rear ejection deployment) flew on a F44-4, the “Yellow-2” on a E20-4, the “Blue-3” on a F32-6, the “Orange-4” on a F50-4, the “Red-5” on a G40-4 and the “Yellow-6” on a G64-4. All good flights.

Mike Garner flew a standard scale Estes “Interceptor” on a C6-7, a “Proto” on a C6-5 and the “Thunder” on a  E9-6 for the last flight of the day for Saturday at 3:15.

Sunday, 24 April, 2022

We had  16   fliers,  and flew  41  flights and burnt   45  motors.

This includes all   clusters and   multi-stage  flights

A= 6,   B= 1,   C= 0,   D= 15,   E= 3,   F= 7,   G= 5,   H= 6,   I= 1,   J= 0,   K= 1.

Barb Tobin does some test flights for her NAR Competition rockets. The “Helicopter Duration” rocket had multiple flights on A10-3t’s for timed test flights. The “Duration Streamer” flights were on 1/4A-3t. Her novelty “Egg-s-Ter” (large plastic Egg) flew on a D12-5 that was a bit wild, then with an adjustment flew on a D12-3 for a more stable flight. A competition scale “Jayhawk” flew on a D12-3. Her competition Egg-lofter, amply named “Sunny Side Up” flew on a D12-5 with a ‘Scrambled’ landing. That’s how the yoke breaks.

Mark Bartkowiak flew a two stage “Air Commander” on a D12 booster to a D12-5 and I have to say how great it is when it comes together and works.

Max Diller flew a Zephyr named the “Silver Bullet” on a H242-9 with a motor deployment at apogee.

Trent Domminic flew the “Star Orbiter” on a F27-7 with a streamer return. He also flew a 3-D printed “Goblin” clone on a E12-6 and the “Fast” on a F52-5.

Duane Domminic flew a LOC “War Lock-XL” on a I255-8 with a Jolly Logic chute deployment at 500ft.

Jason Zhang also flew a Zephyr on a H242-9 with a motor eject at apogee for a L-1 Cert flight.

Elliot Kohut also flew a Zephyr named “Sally” also on a H242-9 with a motor ejection at apogee for a L-1 Cert flight.

Timothy Osterhoudt flew his Zephyr named “Tiny Tim” but on a H123-8 with a motor deployment for his L-1 Cert flight.

Julius Burris flew his “Rookie” on a D10-5 and a Quest D16-6.

Sandy Houston flew the “Ion Pulsar” on a A8-3 and the “Comet” on a B6-4 with a streamer recovery. Long time Sandy!

Doc Russell flew his fantastic 2001 a Space Odyssey, “Pan Am Orion” Space Clipper on a H133-7 with a J/L deployment at 500ft. The chute bundle did not clear the forward open end of the body tube but with the nose cone deployed, it lost the aerodynamic effect resulting in a flat horizontal decent to a belly landing with no apparent damage. Luckily the ground was soft in that area. Doc’s Clone “Der Red Max” flew on a F67-6 with a J/L chute deployment at 500ft.

Michael Hollowell flew his very large LOC “Bruiser EXP” on a single K805-14g with a double ‘Raven’ dual deployment system, with the first at 500ft and the second, at one second later as a backup. His Helo spinning “Whirl+Hurl” got a pretty good height on a slow long burning E6-p and a Helo spinning return landing. His upscaled Battle Star Galactica “Viper” space fighter flew on a D12-3, which was the first flight of the day. You know.., the wind test dummy.

Jacob Grey flew his Estes “Hi-Flyer” on a Quest D20-8 and a two stage “D.O.S.” on a D12 booster to a D12-7. The upper stage was returned by a farmer later in the day. Its probably in the Lost and Found box. His “Ultra Flier” flew on a AT F44-8.

Scott Pennington flew his “Tri-Fecta” with a cluster of three D12-5s. His very nice looking “Cosmo” flew on a E12-4 and the “Lance Delta” on a F52-5 with a J/L deployment at 300ft. Scotts “Athena” flew on a H182-7r also with a J/L deployment at 300ft.

Roy Potter, well I continued flying my rear ejection Poop-Chuters. The “Blue-3” flew on a F44-4 and the “Orange-4” flew great on a G74-4 but there was no ejection resulting in a ballistic landing and a shovel recovery. You have probably seen the picture on line. Doing a on-site CSI autopsy, it appears that the delay element did not ignite/burn so did not ignite the ejection charge. (a first for me). But, the “Red-5” flew on a G40-4 twice to make up for it. The “Yellow-6” flew on a G78-4 and the “White-7” flew on a G79-4.

Steven Tessier flew the “Star Light – 38” on a F42-4 with a J/L deployment as the last flight of the day at 4:15.

Glad everyone had a good time.

Watch the Facebook postings and web site for future launchs.

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