February 18th & 19th launch report

Roy Potter has crunched through the flight cards, deciphered our chicken scratches, and come up with February's launch report. Please click on the "Read More" link to see the whole thing. (TB/dr)

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Sunday update

Sunday update... winds are mild right now but by 2 pm are going to be up in the 10 mph range. Ken is in SC today so we're looking to close down about 2 pm.

Feb. 18 & 19 Update as of Thursday AM.

Hello all my fellow ROCC'ers, here's an update for the weekend.

It's looking like about half an inch of rain on Friday so we're going to push the starting time for Saturday back to about 11 am. I'll set the waiver to go till 6 pm so if folks want to fly that late we can, since sunset is at 6:06.

Sunday is supposed to be fairly windy as the day progresses, so if you want to fly on Sunday the earlier the better.

Ken is with us this weekend so stock up on those supplies.

As always, keep an eye to the website or this FB page for last minute changes. If we get significantly more rain than predicted on Friday then Kip may want us to scrub Saturday. Always drive on the edges of the runway and don't drive more than you need to. Remember if Kip catches a wheel rut at 60 or so MPH he's probably toast.

See you at the farm!

January 2023 launch report

Our first flight of the year is in the can as we say in the TV biz... Roy has done a great job of summing up Hit the old "Read More" link to peruse the whole thing.

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Jan 21 Update (as of Thursday evening)

Well, Sunday's gonna really pull a vacuum as far as weather is concerned (MAP)

SO, we're planning a Saturday only launch right now. That's January 21st. But, the silver lining is that the weather for Saturday is looking beautiful for a January day in Charlotte. 

We'll see you out there at 10, get set up and fly until about 5. 

Ken is scheduled to be with us on Saturday so bring that holiday cash!

We also have the revised MEMBERSHIP FORM available so you can re-up your membership. 

Also, speaking of membership, we really need to have an election. Between Ralph, Roy and myself we've been running along for a while now but I really need to consider backing down a bit. As some of you know I've had some health issues this past 6 months and could really use some more recovery time. So if someone out there wants to step up and pick up some of the lifting on scheduling, set-up & tear down, stuff like that it'd be helpful. None of us are spring chickens any more! I think we can do the election over Facebook as a poll, I'll look into that. 

See you all Saturday!!

TB/dr

New Years Day 2023 update:

Hey all you ROCC'ers...

Looking through the crystal ball of weather forecasts it's not looking good for our New Years Day launch this Sunday.

It's supposed to start raining late Friday and then rain all through Saturday into early morning Sunday. Without a day to let the field drain off we really don't feel it'd be safe to run cars up and down the runway.

Look forward to our regularly scheduled launch window on the 21st & 22nd.

January 1st??

Hey fellow ROCC'ers, and Happy ChristmaHanuKwanziChah!  Right now it's looking like a rainy weekend for the annual January 1st launch. We'll keep an eye out on it and see what we might be able to do, but long range weather is calling for rain on Saturday 12/31 & Sunday 1/1. 

Keep a watch out on this site or the Facebook page for up-to-date information.

TB/dr 

December 2022 Post-Launch Report

Roy's post-launch of our December 2022 launch is here, please hit the "Read More" link to read all the details.

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December 17th & 18th UPDATE:

Okay, we're a GO for both days this weekend.

HOWEVER... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember that on Saturday the field will be still fairly mushy, drying out from the last several days rain & clouds. Drive CAREFULLY down the sides of the runway and limit in-and-outs as much as possible. If you can walk to the porta-john please do rather than taking the car.

Ken MAY be with us (haven't heard if he left yet) since MDRA scrubbed their Saturday launch due to weather. They've had essentially the same as we've had but colder. As I said the other day if you have motors to flog you might want to try to sell them this weekend, since Ken may not be available.

Please choose your launch angles carefully. The winds are now projected at about 9-17 knots at 240 degrees, which puts it approximately down the runway toward the road but fairly stiff breezes.

Ralph & Roy will be there Saturday, I'll be there Sunday if anyone still needs to get rockets out of trees. (I'm lookin at you UNCC!)

See you all there!

TB/dr

December 17th & 18th launch preview

Looking forward to the weekend, weather is looking fairly good albeit cold. Saturday is the predicted windier day with 9 or so MPH headed Easterly, then Sunday at 6 or so moving south easterly.

Setup I figure at 10 to let it warm up just a bit, and we'll fly till about 4:30 so we can strike.

Ken's calendar says he's in Maryland & Pittsburgh this weekend so if you have some spare motors it might be a good weekend to flog them at the field.

Keep an eye out, I'll post an update Friday.

TB/dr