Roy's complied all the latest on the March & April 2016 launches... here he is to tell you all about it:
Before Getting into the current post Launch reports for April let me quickly cover some points on the March monthly launch held on Sunday on what was then forecasted as the best day. Saturday the 19th looked pretty good after the fact but at the time when the “go” “no go” had to be made it was forecasted up to last minute to be very cold, cloudy, wet and very, very windy, beyond our safe launch limits, so with the forecast saying Sunday would be better than Saturday we went with safety going for a Sunday launch.
Sunday 20 March Monthly Launch .
And it was cold, not a freezing hard cold, but a kind of slow seeping through your clothes into your bones cold, and unless you were up and moving around, it seemed colder due to the constant wind with a heavy grey overcast where many rockets after launch just disappeared into until they reappeared descending beneath the cloud level.
But that didn’t stop us from getting up a good number of 94 recorded flights.
Sunday 20 March 2016.
We had 37 fliers , put up 94 flights burning whopping 103 engines .
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A’s= 6, B’s= 18, C’s= 21, D’s= 9, E’s= 11, F’s= 20, G’s= 8, H’s= 5, I’s= 4, J’s= 0, K’s= 1.
Flyers included = Roy Potter, Steve Brown, Mark Bartkowiak, Cheryl Batten, Steve Batten, Doc Russell, Jason Pettler, Kaitlin Pettler, Joe Pettler, Scott Pennington, Eric Franzen, Lucy Franzen, Eleanor franzen, Matthew Stecher, Ryan Bergsmith, John Bergsmith, Shawn Becigneul, Larry Becigneul, J.R. Devine, Patrick York, Dan Sumner, Yohannes Taddesse, Liam Thrower, Doug Knight, Anna Grace Knight, Trent Dominick, EAMS AC High School Tarc team, Joe Vanstory, East Mech Tarc team, Malina Brooks, Eli Brooks, Victory Christain Tarc Teams #one and # two, Alan Stephenson, Todd Haring, Zachary Hoelscher, and Weasley Duaford.
Saturday, 16 April 2016, Camp-Out weekend and Night Launch.
Conditions were actually quite good, pretty clear and sunny. BBQ, Yard Sales and the annual ROCC Rocket Raffles with over 20 rockets from small to large given out by Sunday afternoon. The only difficult thing to deal with was a constant wind blowing to the left towards the creek. Many trips were made across the creek bringing some back, locating some unretrieveable and then one or two small ones that couldn’t be found.
Jolly Logic Chute Release System. (check NAR “Sport Rocketry” magazine articles)
(Sorry for the plug, but guys are asking if they are as good as the reports say.)
A lot of the Dual Deployment launchs are now being performed with the new product from Jolly Logic who first came out with the small Altitude recorder. This device is very user friendly and can deploy as high as 1000ft to as low as 100ft and fit in a BT60 sized body tube. We have been increasingly impressed with its performance. The most notable thing you have to change is how you wrap your chute bundle.
Ken Allen of Performance Hobbies, (the designated target area for out of control rockets)
Ken was there to meet our requests delivering orders and keeping us supplied with all our rocketry needs.
Rocket Ralph Roberts had his grill up filling in for Jason. He and Doc Russell prepped 3 Boston Butts for 24 pounds of pulled and chopped pork BBQ. Saturday he served home smoked pulled pork/chopped BBQ for his ROCCin BBQ and Sunday putting out ROCCet Hotdogs and chips and drinks.
ROCC Club Membership covers the cost of maintaining the launch equipment, supplies and our association fees with the National Association of Rocketry and the Tripoli Rocketry Association plus covers our insurance.
Remember, any $20 membership (which can cover your whole family) comes with a ROCC Club “T” shirt. Check with Jason on styles and colors available.
LOST AND FOUND. We have=
Check the box for a few nose cones, a three18mm motor cluster booster, and ect.
Pictures. Check the Gallery for launch photo’s. We see everyone is taking photo’s.
We see a lot of people taking pictures out there. Lets get them onto the ROCC Web Site into the Gallery section. Remember, for our embarrassment and your entertainment, any pictures you have from this or any recent launch that you would like to get posted on the web site for everyone to see, just contact Doc Russell at rocketrycarolina@gmail.com, or as some have done, pass it on a disk, memory card or flash drive. We can always get it back to you. That’s how I do it.
Saturday, Sat, 16 April 2016, Camp Out and Night Launch.
Choked chutes, streamers and angling into the wind ruled the day.
We had 31 fliers , put up 75 flights burning 78 engines .
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A’s= 4, B’s= 6, C’s= 19, D’s= 5, E’s= 5, F’s= 7, G’s= 10, H’s= 9, I’s= 7, J’s= 3, K’s= 1.
(Remember, what I write is influenced by the penmanship/spelling of the writer.)
Charles Long flew the “Art Apple White” Stealth pyramid on a G54 and a H110 of which the H (I think) flipped the pyramid separating the motor which looped a couple of times, then stabilized and shot back over the hog barns maybe across the road. Whew!! My heart stopped. His Estes “Big Daddy” flew a nice boring flight on a E9-4. He also flew the ”Delta IV HT”, a heavy tube finned design twice on a G131-7 with a Jolly Logic at 300ft.
Michael Hollowell flew his 3-D printed 2 x upscaled “Quinstar” flying winged star on a F50-4t then a standard sized 3-D printed Estes “Quinstar” on a C6-5 drag racing Jonnas stock Estes kit.
Malcolm Smith flew a old classic Estes “Maxi Alpha 3” on a D12-5, and a “Unk “PML kit on a F36.
Roy Potter flew the Retirement Flight of the “Stars and Stripes” for its last flight on a H135-4. It has just accrued too much damage over its number of flights and was time. The “T-4” was converted to a Poop Chute rear ejection deployment system and flew also on a H135-4 for a perfect nose first landing. My “White Arcas” flew on a F42-4t with dual deployment using a Jolly Logic chute release at 400ft. my LOC “V-2” made its unintended last flight on a G71-4r with a very historical looking ballistic impact due to grease clogging the gap between the delay element and the ejection charge. Something to watch out for.
Steve Brown flew what looked like a real tree trunk called the “Stump” flying on a I245-7g with a dual deployment at 400ft. His “Gremlin” flew on a C11-5 and the “Splinter” on a 1/2A6-2. His “Hyper LOC 1600” flew on a J350w with dual deployment at 475ft. A Estes “CC Express” two stage went up on a C11 to C11-5. His “LOC Forte” flew on a G61-7w with a dual deployment at 300ft.
Ashton Johnston flew a “LOC IV” called “Please Work” on a H120 for a L-1 Cert attempt.
(There were a lot of Cert attempts but due to the Rocket Gremlins, few made it)
David Jessick flew a “Super DX-3” ? kit. On a H152 with dual deployment at 500ft for a L-1 Cert attempt. Unk results.
Larry Becigneal flew a “Glow Star” tumble/air drag return test flight for the night launch on a C6-0. A Estes “Photon Disruptor” went up on a B4-4. The “Ballistic Tip” flew on a F40-7w while the “Sham Rock-it” flew on a G53-7fj then the “Lemon-Lime” on a C6-5.
Shawn Becigneal (also Shawn made out quite well in the ROCC Rocket Raffle) flew his “Reflector” on B6-4 in a drag race with Avery. His scale “Honest John” flew on a mini A10-3t.
Jonna English flew the “Mr Burns” on a G76-5 and a G138, both with a Jolly Logic release at 300ft. Her Estes stock “Quinstar” on a C6-5 drag raced Michaels 3-D printed version. She had the speed but Michael got the altitude. Greater mass kept moving after momentum stopped.
Randy Hewat flew a classic Estes “Silver Comet” on a E31-7 doing quite well on the more powerful motor. His “Dark Star” flew on a C6-5.
Avery Walden flew his “Broken Fin” (story there?) on a C6-5, a Estes “Baby Bertha” on a B6-4 in a drag with Shawn. His new “NASA” flew on a E31 and was surprised when it landed not too far away. (it was originally designed for a “D” motor.) His Estes “Metalizer” flew on a C6-3.
Chris Amell flew a “LOC Fantom EXL” on a H400 and then a I800 Vmax both on dual deployments at 400 and 500ft. THEN AGAIN on a J357 for a L-2 cert flight. Unk results.
Finn Buckley flew a Estes “Bull Pup” on a B6-4 and a C6-5, a Estes “Patriot” flew on a B6-4 then a C6-5 and his “Sky Dart” on a mini A10-3t.
Mark Ferrell took his time to prep his “Dizzy” to fly up on a J420r with a dual deployment at 400ft.
Corkey Story, according to the flight card, (I must have been across the creek and missed it) flew the “Snake Eyes” two stage? On a I357 to another I357 with a dual deployment at 600ft.
I did get to see his giant upscaled “Der Gooney Max” on a K1000 (WOW!!) with a dual deployment, but the main got pulled out at apogee and both sections drifted way.. way ..away. But Corkey knows what he is doing and had trackers in both sections and came back with them about an hour later.
Eli brooks flew a Estes Pro-Series II “Partizon” on a G76-7g on a impressive flight.
Malina Brooks flew a “Helicopter” return model on a B6-4.
Patrick York flew a Estes Pro-Series II “Argent” on a F50-4t, also impressive.
Doc Russell flew a Estes Pro-Series II “Ventris” on a F36-6 and his new and improved “Tigger II” on a great I211 flight with a dual deployment at 800ft.
James Brockman flew a Estes Pro-Series II “Argent” on a F59-6 with a dual at 300ft then on a G80 Skidmark with a dual deployment at 200ft. His stock Estes “Quinstar” flew on a C6.
Robert and Michael Brookman flew the “Fire Truck Rocket” on a E16-6 together.
Barb Tobin flew a “Proto-type-I Helicopter on a D12-3 and “Type-II” on a A10-3t, Barb surmises both require more design and testing.
Morgan Pfister flew his “Prospector” on a C6-5, the “Not-so-pretty-Rainbow” on a D12-3, then a Estes “Firestorm” on a C6-5 in a drag race with Matthew.
Matthew Pfister flew a Estes “Shuttle Express” on a C6-5, the “Helios” flew twice on a C6-5, and a Estes “Firestorm” on a C6-5 in a drag race with Morgan.
Ryan Bergsmith flew his “Duck Commander” on a D12-5.
Kim Bergsmith showed up Ryan with her “Mega Mosquito” flying on a D12-3.
John Bergsmith showed them both up with his “LOC Mini Magg” on a I245, then brought out his Look-a-Like of a Estes “Interceptor” that is a rocket powered Radio controlled Glider on a slow burn E6-P. Dynasoar Rocketry has a selection of R/C kits at WWW.dynasoarrocketry.com.
Jonathan Dosh flew the “Plane Jane” on a H100 for a L-1 Cert flight then on a H152. I think it was in that order.
Charles Ogino flew his “Meco” by his Carolina Composite Rocketry on a I165 with a dual deployment at 500ft. They always come back when he attach’s tracking devices.
Alex Sutton flew the “Smudgy Steel” on a H400 V-max for a L-1 cert flight. Unk results.
Saturday NIGHT launch. Based on the flight cards received next morning.
There were 8 fliers , and put up 10 flights and burning 13 engines .
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A’s= 3, B’s= 2, C’s= 4, D’s= 0, E’s= 0, F’s= 1, G’s= 1, H’s= 1, I’s= 0, J’s= 1, K’s= 0.
Steve Brown flew the “Hyper LOC 1600” on a J350w Dual deployed at 475ft.
Barb Tobin flew a rocket cluster of three A8-3s with LEDs and the “Screamer” with a two B6-2 cluster with LEDS and fiber optics.
Larry Becigneal flew the “Glow Star” luminescent flying star on a C6-0.
Michael Hollowell flew his 3-D “Quinstar” on a G75 metal.
Mark Bartkowiak flew a Mercury Redstone “Mercury-a-Glow” with LED glow strips on a C6-5 with 2 LED light balls on the chute.
James Brochman flew his Estes “Photon Probe” on a C6-3 with LEDs.
Doc Russell flew his Estes Pro-Series II “Ventris” on a F36. Using a strip of 45 yellow LED's in a spiral.
Charles Ogino flew the “Diab-Glo” on a H112 with LEDs.
Sunday, 17 April, 2016.
Again, good overall conditions except for the winds, not quite so bad on the most part, sometimes going straight down the runway but still a few trips were made across the creek.
Choked chutes, streamers and angling into the wind ruled the day.
UNCC 49ers Rocketry Club made a few Cert flight attempts but most for various bad luck reasons didn’t make it. It was that kind of weekend for Cert flight attempts.
We had 29 fliers , put up 68 flights burning 75 engines .
That includes all clusters and multi-stage flights
A’s= 5, B’s= 16, C’s= 11, D’s= 8, E’s= 8, F’s= 9, G’s= 11, H’s= 4, I’s= 2, J’s= 1, K’s= 0.
(Remember, what I write is influenced by the penmanship/spelling of the writer.)
John Bergsmith flew his “Hey Listen Here Jack” on a E9-4, his Mad Cow “Bat Ray” flew on a G53-7, his scale “Little John” flew on a F40-7, the “BS Pump Dream” flew on a C6-3 and his special from the $1 bin at Target “Spining Pin Wheel” went up on a C6-3. It will probably outlast all our stuff.
Kim Bergsmith flew her “Mega Mosquito” up from a D12 to a E9-4 for a long graceful flight.
Ryan Bergsmith flew his “Duck Commander” again on a long burn E9-4.
Anna Grace Knight flew the “Sandy Blue” with her dads help on a F40.
Avery Walden re-flew his new “NASA” on a E22-5, his “Spencer” on a D9-4, and the “Broken Fin” on a C6-5.
Dan Sumner flew a classic Aero-Tech “Astro Bee-D” on a G64-7, his “Aero-Franken-Tech” flew on a F40-4. His “Wackey Corporal” flew on a D12-3, a “Cherokee-D” flew on a C11-3, the “Eliminator” flew on a D12-5 and a “AMRAM” on a B6-4 for his smallest flight.
Corky Story was more laid back and easy going today with 2 original sized models from the Goony Bird Collection, the “Der Goony Max” on a C11-5 and the “Goony Saki” C11-5.
Mark Ferrell had his rebuilt “Green Ghost Resurrected” fly on a H220 with a dual deployment at 400ft.
Charles Long again unintentionally wowed the crowd with his “Art Applewhite Stealth” pyramid on a H110 that again separated and looped till running out of fuel. We found that motor and noted that it had Kato’d giving suspicion that Saturdays flight may have done the same. It may have been the same “Art Applewhite” Saucer that flew on a G54 as a normal test flight before the “H” flight. A Estes Pro-Series-II “Leviathan Red Stripe” on a G88sm with a Jolly Logic deployment at 300ft. A Estes Pro-Series-II “Partizon Green Machine” flew on a G88 with a Jolly Logic deployment at 300ft. His “Delta IV HT” flew on a G118 and then a H54 with a jolly logic deployment at 200 and 300ft.
Charles Ogino flew his “MECO” again on a I218 then a I445 with a dual deployment at 900ft.
Saithvika Chadalawada flew her Estes “Chrome Dome” on B6-4’s
Siri Chadalawada who appears to really be interested in science and was excited about being able to fly a rocket, flew her Estes “Chrome Dome” on B6-4’s and made two raffle wins including a Estes Starter kit.
Chris Amell flew his “LOC Forte” twice on a G185 with Jolly Logic deployments at 200ft.
Henry Caplan flew a model named the “Orange Bird” on a F16-6, a classic Aero-Tech “Barracuda” on a F23fj with a dual deployment at 300ft, His “Mac’s Bigger Bertha” (Scratch Design?) flew on a E18-4w with a really large streamer. His biggie was a 4inch “Patriot” that flew on a H100w with a dual deployment at 300ft.
Eric Franzen flew a Aero-Tech “G-Force” twice on a G64-4. His two-stage “Air Attack” flew on a C11 to a C11-3.
Eleanor Franzen flew a raffle won Estes “Eggs-Caliber” egg lofter on a C11-3 without an egg but some grass and a leaf as passengers. Just testing the system for future egg lofting.
Larry Becigneal flew a “Mega Mosquito” on a D12-3. A Estes “Photon Disruptor” flew on a B6-4 in a drag race with son Shawn. A old Quest “Cobalt” flew on a A8-3 and the “Curvi-Linear” flew on a mini A10-3t.
Shawn Becigneal flew his Estes “Photon Probe” on a B6-4 in a race with dad Larry, dad lost his gas money to Shawns raffle ticket purchases. A Quest? “Goliath” flew with a cluster of three B6’s and a scale ”Honest John” flew on a A10-3t.
Ryan Clark flew a nicely done mini “Der Red Maxx” on a mini A10-3t.
Roy Potter again flew the aero-Tech “White Arcas” on a F50-4 with a jolly logic deployment at 400ft.
Mike Nay flew a old Estes “Maxi Alpha” on a E12-4 then a F30-6 with a jolly logic deployment at 200 and 300ft also with cameras both fore and aft to see where he is going and came from at the same time. Did it get down loaded?
Andrew Mogge flew a Estes “Mini Mosquito” on a A3-4t, a Estes “Big Daddy” flew long and tall on a E9-6. His “Top Tiger” flew on a D12-5 while his “Mega Mosquito” flew on a D12-3.
Mark Mogge flew a “Mega Der Red Maxx” on a G74-9w and a Estes? “V-2” on a D12-3.
Nathan Tiwatri flew a Estes “Sizzler” on multiple flights with B6-4’s and C6-7’s.
Bryson Smith flew a Estes “Patriot” (normal motor is a “C”) on a F15-8 with a 6ft streamer, The body separated but the extra heavy nose with the streamer was recovered.
Malcolm Smith flew the “Odd’l Rockets Cricket” on a D12-5. Sorry I didn’t see that, sounds like a interesting name.
Doug Knight flew his mega Bertha styled “Long Sword” on a E22. You all remember his huge green “Kiss my Grass” that utilizes multiple chutes. It made another great flight on a J570 with only 4 chutes this time but still made it well into the trees presently unobtainable. Presently, for now, anyway.
Victory Christian Center School Tarc Team did a test flight of the “Han” on a F59-6. Stability, balance, structure ect. It looks good.
Gary Clark flew a Estes? “Astron Cobra from 1972” on a cluster of three B6-4’s. A classic.
Hope everyone had fun and will be looking forward to our next launch, till then, remember to keep your exhaust nozzles clear.
Roy. ROCC Sec.
Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 9:04AM 
The 2016 Mini Makers Fair was a great success even with Hurricane Matthews dumping rain all night and day, until about when it was time to break down at 5pm. Some of the attendees were coastal evacuees staying at a local hotel looking for some diversion. Turned out they picked a great weekend to be stranded in Charlotte and everyone was trying to look after them.
Laura brought a lot of "give-a-ways" for the kids and a couple of her rockets. Doc and I had a good selection of low power, mid and his big High power to show the range of rockets that we can fly out at the farm.
Doc had a few hundred ROCC informational fliers made up and we must have given out a couple of hundred of them to a lot of interested spectators. Of course this was essentially a Science Geek convention so most everybody there was into the sciences in one form or another so most everybody was wanting to talk and tell stories. Most had dabbled or flown rockets as kids or while in school so were all potential "Reborn Rocketeers". Many conversations were had with kids about how they could participate and a good number of parents seemed like they would come and fly with their children. We may get a number of visitors this season if only to bring a picnic lunch and watch the show. Some may get the bug again.
