Launch Date! Saturday, December 7th

Okay ROCC'ers,  know this is rather short notice but I got word that the soy beans are out of everywhere except the lower field so we're cleared by Kip to fly at Midland this wekend. 

We're not sure if we can find enough officer coverage for both days but we're working on rounding enough staff. 

Saturday set-up at 10AM, launch by 11AM. We'll fly till about 4:30 depending on light. 

TB/dr

Next launch date UNCERTAIN as of 11/21/24

UPDATE 11/21, No change, still no frost so we can't get on the field yet.

Hey folks, I said I'd post when I knew status of the upcoming launch dates...  well. right now (Tuesday morning 11/12) we still don't know. 

Soybeans are currently still in the field and they need a frost, then some dry weather before they can be harvested. Well, with the delightfully warm fall we've had so far that frost hasn't happened. 

We definately WILL NOT be launching on the 16th/17th weekend. 

Right now we're holding to see about the 23rd & 24th but with the current forecast that's a big unknown. 

Hold tight for now and we'll let you know as soon as we can. 

DR/tb

New Season is just around the corner

Well, it's almost Halloween, which means the 2024 - 2025 season at the Midland field is coming up fast! 

Our first launch will be either November 16th & 17th or the next weekend, the 23rd & 24th, depending on the beans and the first frost.  

Keep an eye on this website and our Face Book page HERE.

Looking forward to seeing you all out at the field and all the new designs you've built over the summer.

TB/dr

Attention: Midland Field CLOSED for the season

Attention ROCC'ers...

I got word from Kip through Ralph, the Midland Farm site is Closed for the season.

As you know if you've been to the last couple launches the wheat is shooting up like crazy due to the double nitrogen dose it got, so it's heading out incredibly fast this year. Once it reaches the head stage it's very fragile so we don't want to walk through it to recover rockets.

On top of this the folks at Bayboro got bumped by early planting as well, so the only going concern as of now is Rocketry South Carolina in Dalzell.

It turns out that they are flying this weekend, May 4th & 5th. Then again on June 8th & 9th. The schedule is here: https://www.rocketrysouthcarolina.org/pages/2024LaunchSchedule/

(I thought they weren't flying until next weekend, sorry)

So if you've a hankerin' to go flyin' it looks like tomorrow (!) or the 2nd w'end in June.

TB/dr

April 20th, 2024 Launch Report

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ROCC Update for this weekend, 4/20 & 4/21/2024

Update Friday Noon:

Weather is still holding steady, Saturday still looks to be the best day. Also Ken will be with us Saturday, he's at a different launch on Sunday. .

For those doing Cert Level flights, watch the winds carefully, consider JL chute releases, etc. The wind for Saturday will be toward the south tree line and predicted at up to 10 mph.

Set-up will be 9:30-10:30, field should be open after that. We'll go till 5 or until we get rain.

Sunday still looks very wet so we'll make this one a Saturday Only launch.

See you there!

TB/dr

Currently Saturday is looking cloudy with a small possibility of some rain after 3 in the afternoon, increasing the later in the day you go. Winds are heading south at 7 MPH.

Sunday is looking like a washout with rain between 75% to 90% all day.

Ken is slated to be with us on Saturday only.

If this weather pattern holds we'll launch on Saturday ONLY.

As always, more to come. Set-up about 9:30, fly ASAP until 5 or we get rain encroaching. We'll probably keep fewer pads out so if we need to strike quickly we can get that accomplished.

TB/dr

ARC & Make-Up launch 3-30-2024 (UPDATED Thursday Eve.)

NEW:

Saturday the 30th is looking good for Midland, we should set up at 10, fly by 11.

As I mentioned before, Ken will not be with us, he'll be in Great Meadow, (where they hold the ARC finals).

This will be a Saturday Only weekend as Sunday is Easter.

See you out there!

Attention ARC teams and ROCC flyers... the weather is improving for this Saturday, offering us a chance to host a make-up launch day that'll help out our local ARC teams. They need to have their qualifiing flights done by the 8th of April so we're thinking that we need to strike while we have some decent weather. 

Ken will be in Great Meadows this weekend, so if you need engines, cvontact him via his website: https://performancehobbies.com/  or get up with him Wednesday via CEL 202-723-8257 EARLY on Wednesday and we'll try and set up a pick-up for the weekend. You'll need to go ahead and work out payment with him before he leaves. 

More to come once we see what we get for rain tomorrow. 

dr

Sunday March 17th Post-Launch report

We had a great launch last weekend, the 17th of March. Read all the juicy details in Roy's post launch report by clicking on the "Read More" link.

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Saturday scrubbed due to rain, Sunday the 17th looks good.

Hi ROCC'ers... update on Friday evening. We got right at a half inch of rain dumped on the field this afternoon, and it made Kip rather concerned for the state of the field for Saturday. With that concern we canceled Saturday and are pushing for a bit longer Sunday launch. I've set the NOTAM till 7 PM on Sunday so we'll have a few extra hours if folks want to fly that late.

Weather looks good, 70 degrees and relatively low winds even though they're heading towards Mr. Simpson's end of the field.

So pack up the car and come on out!!

TB/dr

February's (the real one) launch report - 2/17&18/2024

January's launch window was delayed twice until the first few days of February, this time we got the real February launch in on the 17th & 18th. A couple of chilly, windy days that turned out to be fairly forgiving as far as the wind drift was concerned. Roy gives us all the details in his launch report. Click the "Read More" button to get all the action.

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