February 22nd & 23rd Launch report
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 8:22PM
“Everybody who gets the “NAR Sport Rocketry Magazine”. You also get the periodic issue of the “NAR MEMBER GUIDEBOOK”.
Pull the GuideBooks out of your Rocket Closet and bring them, old or new, to the launch. They are great to pass out to a new flier. “
Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies,
Ken braved the chill Saturday. Sorry I missed him.
YES, you can take a couple of ‘Blank Launch Slips’ home to make your own copies so you can pre-fill out your slips in advance. You can use colored copy paper for custom slips.
LOST AND FOUND and some Donated Items that need a home.
We have identified Four Found rockets. 1. Lilly G. (Gambrell?) Silver with Green paint Estes “Star Hopper” flown Sat, 25, Jan, found in the late afternoon. 2. Richard Mayberry’s Estes “Long Ranger” yellow body with purple nose and fins flown Sat, 20 Apr, 24 found during Launch breakdown. 3. Shay Hill’s small Estes “Wizard” painted blue. 4. Q-Roc, long unpainted 20mm body with white 3-D printed nose and fin canister, flown Sat, 21 Dec 24.
Pictures. Lets Get them to the ROCC Club WEB Site Gallery at Rocketrycarolina.org or the Rocketry of Central Carolina ROCC, Facebook site.
ROCC Club Membership
Membership covers the costs of maintaining the launch equipment, supplies and the “expensive” Porta-Pot. Membership also pays our association fees with the “National Association of Rocketry” and the “Tripoli Rocketry Association” which provides our insurance.
Memberships run January to January. Membership drive starts in October.
Adult - $20. Family - $25.
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.
Flight Fee Donation Box.
Remember, the Flight Fee, Donation Box goes to the Land Owner. Please Donate.
We have been running short on the “Rent” to the landowner occasionally.
Club Members = $10 per day
Non Members = $15 per day
Parent with young child under 12yo = $5 per day.
Saturday, 22 February. Sorry I missed the weekend. It looks like both days were much better than some of our earlier weekends. Sat it was chilly at first but warmed up into the 40s and was said to feel warmer due to the open fields acting as a solar collector. The winds were lightly breezy 5 – 10 from the south east with no reported tree landings. Attendance was lighter than expected so It was a pretty much a “Fly’em when you got’em” kind of day. No rush and plenty of time. Check out all the great pictures on the Facebook and Web sites. You can identify yours and other flights made on Sat and Sun.
We had 4 fliers, flying 24 flights and burnt 30 motors.
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A-8, B- 4, C- 6, D- 2, E- 7, F- 1, G- 1, H- 1, I- 0, J- 0.
what I write is influenced by your “Penmanship and Spelling.”
( I do not witness all flights, so if no notes were made on the flight slip by the launchers, or a Flight Slip is missing, some information may be in error.)
Mark Bartkowiak, flew his 3-D printed (same one or new one?) ‘One Ring to Rule them all’ on a “C6-4” with a tumble recovery.
Ron Crosier, flew his ‘Astron Drifter’ on a “A8-3” then a “B6-4”. He had I think two Virus rockets. The pics show a Orange rocket with “BIO” symbols. ‘Virus’ flew on a “C6-5” while ‘Virus One’ flew on a “D12-5” which also started a ‘Pad Grass Fire’ quickly put out with our two sprayers and Ralphs big Feet standing by. A ‘Mini Bertha’ flew on a mini “A10-3T” and then as a two-stage (same rocket?) on a “A10-3T” to a “A3-4T”. His ‘Sprint’ flew both on a “A8-3” and a “B4-4”. The colorful ‘Patriot’ flew on a cluster of 3X “A8-3’s”. (a neat picture of the 3 motors exhaust). His ‘Hercules’ two stage flew on a “B6 – B6-6”. (nice Pic).
Scott Perrington, flew his Classic futuristic looking ‘Cosmo’ (nice pic) on a “E12-4”, the ‘Max Der Max’ lifted on a “F50-6t” which I think is the pictured ‘Cato’ just at the top of the rod. It appeared to only get smoke/soot damage. The target rocket drone looking ‘Sharky’ flew on a “D12-5” (Pic) and the larger ‘Raptor’ flew on a “H550-7t with a good Jolly Logic deployment at 300ft. The ‘Big Bird’ flew on a “G74-4w” and the ‘The Little Beetle Bug’ flew with a cluster of 3X “E12-5s”.
QUINTIN ? no last name. Flew a standard Estes ‘Der Red Maxx’ (Pic) on a “C6-5” twice and his B+W ‘Half and Half’ on a “E12-6” (Pic). The long and tall ‘Mean Machine’ (Pic) flew on a “E12-4”. His two scale flights were a ‘Little Joe-1’ on a “C6-5” and the ‘Saturn-1 B’ (Pic)on a “E12-4”.
Sunday, 23 February. Really Sorry I missed Sunday. It sounds like it was almost perfect. Cold at setup but warmed up into the 50’s. Wind conditions were almost calm, rockets went up and came almost straight back down. Really like those days where I can take a risk and not worry about a tree landing. Attendance was still kind of low so It was another pretty much “Fly’em when you got’em” kind of day. No rush and plenty of time. Check out all the great pictures on the Facebook and Web sites. You can identify yours and other flights made on Sat and Sun.
We had 13 fliers, flying 28 flights and burnt 31 motors.
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A-0, B- 2, C- 5, D- 6, E- 2, F- 9, G- 2, H- 3, I- 1, J- 0, K- 1
Mark Bartkowiak, flew his 3-D printed ‘Helo’ rocket on a “C6-3” with a safe tumble recovery.
Ron Crosier, flew his upscaled orange/red (Pic) ‘Great Goblin’ on a “F15-4”and yesterdays ‘Virus’ on a Quest 18mm ?? “D16-6”. His standard orange/black (pic) ‘Goblin’ on a “D12-5” with a streamer recovery. His blue/red (pic) Estes ‘Big Daddy’ flew on a “E12-6”. ( I would like to get a couple of them, add on another body tube and you have a nice sized light weight rocket, and so easy to convert to a rear ejection). Ron’s yellow/red, ‘Side Kick’ (looks like two rockets glued together) flew on a cluster of one “D12-5” per body tube.
Zach Hanna, flew a orange/red Estes ‘Duce’s Wild’ with a cluster of 2X “C5-3’s” but the pic’s showed one of the motors “cato’d”. The ‘Star Hopper’ flew fine on a “F67-9w”.
Allie Hanna, flew her pink ? (pic) ‘Babby Bertha’ on a “C6-5”.
Hickory Ridge High School, Team Leader not mentioned on the slip. The team flew the ‘Nebula’ on a “F20-7”. Can’t tell which one it was in the pictures.
Jason UNK? Flew the ‘B-741’ on a “F67-9w” in drag with Noah. Jason also flew the “Green Bee’ on a “H135” with hopefully a good Jolly Logic deployment at 500ft.
Noah Piraino, flew a ‘Mini Dark Star’ on a equal “67-9w” in a Drag with Jason. Winner usually get bragging rights. His Apogee kit, ‘Zephyr’ flew up on a “H210-8r” with a good Jolly Logic deployment at 500ft. Got to love the J/L. Noah had his orange and white striped (pic) ‘T-LOC’ (a LOC Kit) fly on a nice long burn “H97-8j” with another J/L deployment at 500ft.
Ralph Roberts, he still brings out possibly the only surviving rocket still flying since I started back in 96 or 97, the one and only ‘Cosmic Staff of Azul’. It flew on a “G76-5g” as it always has, straight up.
Doc Russell, he and Ralph are the remaining original members since I started. Doc flew his nice 3inch upscaled ‘Goblin’ on a “F67-6” with a good J/L deployment at 500ft and his ‘Galaxy Explorer’ flew good also on a “F67-6”.
Colt Slusarczyk, a Estes? ‘Tigris’ for its first and second flight on “B4-4’s”. Good start Colt.
Michael Strunk, welcome back dude, flew the ‘Nano Magg’ on a “F20-7”, with the name I was expecting a ‘Mini’ scaled kit. But, the ‘Stars and Stripes’ flew on a big “I212-7” with a apogee deployment. Sunday was a good day for a high altitude deployment, little drift.
Sherry Wallace, also had and flew a ‘Baby Bertha’, it flew on a “C5-3”. Which one was pink? She also flew the ‘Blaster’ on a “E12-4”.
Burke Wallace, flew the ‘Ram Jet’ darn good pic on that. It flew on a “G77-7r”, and his (I’m pretty sure it was his, could not find a flight card for a un-named yellow two stage ‘Goblin’ that flew on a “D12 to D12-5” (see pic). The big, impressive flight of the Farm was Burke’s giant 5inch, white with black stripes (See great Pic’s) ‘T-LOC’, a upscaled LOC kit. The T-Loc flew on a big “K540” with a good J/L deployment at 500ft. AND surprise, surprise, It was a SPARKY. The flight was great, but as soon as Ralph saw it was a sparky he headed for the pad and got about 8 small sperate grass fires before they could meet or spread.
Everyone, always tell the RSO you have a Sparky motor for a Go/No Go depending on field conditions. Our launch area has a thick ‘thatch’ layer in the turf and restricts the use of Sparkies depending on the season.
Happy Flying Everybody and Remember to keep the pointy end up.
And Check the Web Site for any possible last minute changes.