March ROCC flight report

Saturday, 21 March, 2026.   One Day Launch due to winds on Sunday.

Thanks to Ron Crosier, we have two collections of pictures. One set of 63 and one set of 65, with a number of duplications, but really good. (On the FaceBook site).

What can I say. It was another almost perfect day for flying. Pretty much like last month with minimal winds, mostly due East down the runway towards entrance with a bit of a south/East drift off and on. The really high flights got some drift high up. My Target Drone went straight up and had a slow drift S/E toward the “Hog Pond” but landed well short. (We have nightmares about the “Pond”) It looked like we had more spectators than fliers which kind of makes it more festive and some beginners.

Again, like last month, most flights were “E” and above to take advantage of the favorable flight conditions.

NOTE: There are sheets of ‘Blank Launch Slips’ you can take home to print your own Launch slips so you can pre-fill out your slips in advance. You can even use colored copy paper for custom colored launch slips. You may need to use ink on colored slips so we can easily read them.  This can also give you more time to fill out your launch slips NEATLY so we can read them. THANKS.

BULLETIN :

“Everybody who gets the “NAR Sport Rocketry Magazine”. You also get the periodic issue of the “NAR MEMBER GUIDEBOOK”.

Pull those GuideBooks out of your Rocket Closet and bring them, old or new, to the launch.

They are great to pass out to a new young flier just starting out.

LOST AND FOUND         and some Donated Items that need a home.

Plus Three Identified 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, from way back.

4. 2.5in black pointed nose cone found Sun, 13^th. (Steve Brown?)

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 #608” and the “Tripoli Rocketry Association #066” 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, 21 March, 2026.   You should be able to match up most of the flights with the photos Ron posted on FB.

( I feel like we always miss some flight cards. Some may have been kept by the flier. Apologies if your flight didn’t get recognized.)

We had   20   fliers,  flying    63  flights   and burnt   75 motors. That includes all  clusters and   multi-stage  flights

A-1,     B- 8,     C- 5,     D- 6,     E- 16,     F- 24,     G- 7,     H- 7,     I- 1,     J- 0,     K- 0

Remember... 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.)

 AK Rocketry Club flew the WASP on a “F30-8” with a one egg payload and a Jolly/Logic for a chute deployment. No altitude given. Sounds like a TARC competition test launch. I believe it was good.

Ron Crosier, (Thanks for the Memories Ron) flew a Estes Der Red Maxx on a Econo-Jet “F42-8t”. His Estes Big Daddy flew on a Estes “E12-4”. Rons Great  Goblin flew on a Estes “F14-4”?

Theresa Eaman flew the pink (See photo) Der Kitty Maxx on a “B6-4” then a “C5-3” nicely. (Hello Kitty meets Rocketry).

Eli Glazier flew his Olympus on a high flight but close return on a “E26-4w” and the Thing (mosquito?) on a mini “1/4 A-4” with a tumble recovery. The Apprentice flew on a “B6-4” with a good streamer return.

Patrick Glazier flew an Apogee Strongarm on a “F64-4w”, very nice. His Apogee Zepher went what looked like too high on a “H120-8” but returned nicely not too far away. The tubular fined Kit, Super Neon-X flew on a “E30-7’. The Flying Spool caught some by surprise not knowing that, Yes, it does fly well on a “F64-0” with a tumble recovery.

York County 4-H, Stephanie Martell, Team Leader, 4-H Golden Comet Rocket Team flew the Frizzle-1 and Frizzle-2 on multiple flights.  4 flights on a “F42-4t”, and twice on a “F32-6”. Test flights, timed tested and then for Official Score for Altitude, Egg payload and Time. GOOD STUFF.

Reagan Hutson flew the White Lighting on a “B6-6 and a Estes UNK on a “B6-6”, both for good flights.

Paul Kraemer flew his Trident-29 on a cluster of Three, “F15-8’s for a great smoky flight. His Large King Cobra flew on a cluster of, get this, three, “H242-9’s. WoW,! It was really great. You got to love it when a cluster works. And yes, it was a easy and close recovery field landing.

Quinten Kusterie flew a Estes Big Daddy twice on “E12-4’s” at least once with a camera running. His Estes Mercury Redstone flew on a “C6-5”, a bit scary, but the crew survived. The Black and White Half an Half flew on a “E12-4” and a small rocket called the Cosmo flew on a “C6-5”.

Matthew Lane flew a scaled down version of a larger High Power kit, the mini Punisher. First on a “G53-5fj” then on a “G74-4w”. That’s a mini? I need to see its daddy.

Ben Madden flew a test flight of the L-1000 on a “F67c-6” c= designates the reintroduction use of the original manufacturers fuel mixture. Then a second flight on a “I140-14”. Both flights to evaluate his plan to fly it on a L-1000 out in the middle of some desert. Matt’s Blue Max, made of Blue Maxwell House coffee cans (see pics) flew on a cluster of two “F67-14w” motors. His Viper-3 flew on a cluster of three “E12-6’s”. Both cluster launch’s were perfect. Gotta-love-em. His Orange Crush first flew on a ”F67c-9” then on a “G80-10” that Kato’d with a forward closure failure, but good news is that the kato “snuffed “out the grain so no fire, no damage, just premature ejection. (don’t say it!) Ben also had a original 1979 Estes pro Series Honest John that also flew very well on a “F67c-6”. His LOC kit Starburst, Windows 95, was to fly on a cluster of one “F15-6” and one “E12-6”. Don’t know how it might have flown as only one lit up, it so slowly arced over to the left field. Bummer. I was wondering how the two motors would balance up.

Rufus McLean flew his Apogee Zephyr twice on a “H180”. Once with a the full 10 second delay which was about way too close. Maybe couple of hundred feet above the ground. And no zipper! Tried it again with a 5 second delay, it did better but it looked to still be coasting up when it deployed.

Dhru  N. was ARC test flying. With four flights on “E30-7t’s”. two flights were for score.

Scott Pennington flew a nice scaled black and white Nike Zeus on a “H550-7” with a successful Jolly Logic deployment at 300ft. His Estes reintroduction of the old Mars Snooper now named the Mars Snoop Dog made its first flight on a “D12-5”. The original kit was only “C” powered. Don’t know why but it did a long loop into the left field. Only minor damage I hope. Unfortunately his Cosmo, a long veteran out here and looks so good under powered flight, did a Kato with the “E12-4”. Ron’s pictures really catch the Kato throughout the process. Extensive damage. Bummer. His upscaled Der Red Maxx flew great on a “G74-4” with another great J/L chute deployment at 300ft.

Roy Potter. I maned the launch table mostly but did get some of my rear-ejection rockets up. Orange .5 went up on a “C6-3”, Yellow-2 on a ener-jet “E30-4”, Blue-3 on a “F44-4” and my big orange Target Drone on a Pro-29 “G125-7” red lighting for a high flight that slowly drifted as I said toward the S/E well short of the hog pond.

Devon Tompkinson flew a Big Betty ( big bertha copy) on a “B6-4” then a Estes Big Bertha on a “B6-4”. Same performance from what I could see. Then he also flew a Estes up-scale Super Baby Bertha on a “D12-5” and last, a up-scaled Supper Big Bertha on a “D12-5”.

Ralph Roberts flew his ancient Cosmic Staff of Azul on a “G64-7” as the last closing flight at 4:45, with the range flight permit closing at 5pm.

Andrew Rosner flew a two stage unk Estes Rocket on a “B6- to a “B6-4” but sustained structure failure when the sustainer motor was not secured and drove up into the main body. Bummer.

Doc Russell flew the Whirl & Hurl spinning disk (See Pic) up on a “E30-0” with a safe spinning tumble landing. His 3in Yellow Goblin flew on a “F67-6” with a good J/L deployment at 400ft. The Fed-Ex flying pyramid flew on a “F27-8fj” nicely. His Argent-II replacing Argent-I who now resides in the south tree line with so many others, flew proudly on another “F27-5fj” also with a good J/L deployment at 400ft.

Bob Yanacsek flew a AeroTech ARCAS on a cluster (my kit came set as a single 29mm motor mount) of three “D12-5’s” successfully with a good J/L deployment at 400ft. a really smoky flight at lift off. His vintage 1979 Century Scram-Jet flew on a “C6-5”, even when losing one of the horizontal tail fins, it was twisty, but flew kind of straight up. Bob also had a vintage NCR, North Coast Rocketry A-Sat 2-X that flew great on a “G79-4”. Good flight.

 Happy Flying Everybody and Remember to keep the pointy end up.