Friday, December 14, 2012 at 9:22PM As a reminder, please watch your speed when driving down the driveway/runway on the farm. Keep in mind that people live in the house, and have two friendly dogs that roam in the driveway. Drive slow, and watch out for the dogs.
Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 9:37AM When : Sat and Sun, December 15 & 16, 2012.
Where : The Williams Farm. See Web Site for directions if you are new.
Set Up : Volunteers show up at 0930 to help setup.
Launch Start : As soon as set-up is complete.
Launch ends : Approximately around 5:00 PM so we have some light to close up.
Weather at this time : Saturday looking like the better day at this point, hoping both days are flyable.
Ken Allen, Performance Hobbies, is expected to out there Saturday only.
December Theme: V-2 Aggregat-4 (A4)
Hopefully Rocket Ralph will have his Grill out serving drinks, and dog’s.
Remember that this is a working farm, so dress accordingly, sturdy shoes and suggest you dress in layers so you can take layers off and on as the temperature changes. When the sun is shining at the farm it is like a solar collector out there with the open field so it can be 10 degrees warmer when the sun is clear than in the city.
We are continuing with our Range Safety standards, although changes may be coming to this system. If you're a level 2, we need you to sign up for an hour of RSO duty.
RSO=, Range Safety Officer to pre-inspect rockets before flights.
LCO=, Launch Control Officer to check range conditions and control the launch’s in a timely and efficient manner.
Check both the WEB site and at the launch’s for info on volunteering for RSO (Cert Lv-2 required) and LCO (Cert Lv-1 preferred, but any responsible and experienced adult can apply).
It’s great for anybody who isn’t flying that day but wants to take part anyway.
And it’s fun to push the little red button.
Duty signups sheet will be at the front table for RSO, LCO, and equipment take down. Please remember to sign up.
Check the Web Site for any possible last minute changes.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 7:16AM Sandy Houston sent this my way on Tuesday... Aerotech and Rouse-Tech are announcing their 2012-2013 "certification special" and it seems like you can certify for FREE!
Read the article HERE
Man, it doesn't get much better than that, I'll tell ya. Thanks for catching that one, Sandy!
See you all in about a week... dr
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 9:36PM Hey... great launch this weekend everybody! All seemed to go well save some small things and we had a good turn out. Thanks to Ken for coming out on Saturday and all who helped to make the launch a success.
I think getting the sign-up sheets back in the loop was a great idea. It gives us a difinitive time to work and a time to fly, thanks John.
There's already some GREAT photos in the gallery for November... thanks to Ralph and Michael Hollowell, I think. If you have more, send 'em on to me at: rocketrycarolina at gmail dot com (make the usual punctuations, I hate spam robots)
I wanted to share a cool web site with everyone as well... I ran across this and it makes fascinating reading. It's "Any Date in Space History", located HERE.
Take any date in the calendar and find out what happened in space history. Great reference material.
Remember to get ready for December's launch, currently scheduled for December 15th & 16th. Ken is currently scheduled to be with us on both days, so bring Gran's Xmas money and buy some rocket fun!
dr
Friday, November 23, 2012 at 1:47PM When : Sat and Sun, November 24 & 25, 2012.
Where : The Williams Farm. See Web Site for directions if you are new.
Set Up : Volunteers show up at 0930 to help setup.
Launch Start : As soon as set-up is complete.
Launch ends : Approximately around 5:00 PM so we have some light to close up.
Weather at this time : Mid 50’s both days, breezy on Saturday
Ken Allen, Performance Hobbies, is expected to out there Saturday only.
November the theme will be "13mm Motor Mayhem". Rocket of any type, but must use one of the Estes 13mm motor.
Hopefully Rocket Ralph will have his Grill out serving drinks, and dog’s.
Remember that this is a working farm, so dress accordingly, sturdy shoes and suggest you dress in layers so you can take layers off and on as the temperature changes. When the sun is shining at the farm it is like a solar collector out there with the open field so it can be 10 degrees warmer when the sun is clear than in the city.
We are continuing with our Range Safety standards:
RSO=, Range Safety Officer to pre-inspect rockets before flights.
LCO=, Launch Control Officer to check range conditions and control the launch’s in a timely and efficient manner.
Check both the WEB site and at the launch’s for info on volunteering for RSO (Cert Lv-2 required) and LCO (Cert Lv-1 preferred, but any responsible and experienced adult can apply).
It’s great for anybody who isn’t flying that day but wants to take part anyway.
And it’s fun to push the little red button.
Duty signups sheet will be at the front table for RSO, LCO, and equipment take down. Please remember to sign up.
Check the Web Site for any possible last minute changes.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 8:11PM Good Morning,
I spoke to Ralph last night to get an update on the field, and drove out to the farm this morning. The beans are still in the field, and they are certainly dry. Kip has indicated he might have to work on Saturday to complete the task of removing the beans. Ralph and I both have some concerns over the wind forecast as well.
At this point, the best course of action is to give Kip the time he needs and push the November launch to 11/24 & 11/25. One benefit of pushing the launch back a week is that Ken can attend on Saturday, 11/24.
* Ken will be onsite for Saturday, 11/24 only!
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 8:06PM Roy has come through with the first installment for the 2012/13 flying season. Please click the "Read More" link to enjoy the story... Thanks Roy!
Friday, November 9, 2012 at 6:46AM November the theme will be "13mm Motor Mayhem". Rocket of any type, but must use one of the Estes 13mm motor.
December will be "Gathering of V-2's". V-2's of any size, scale paint scheme or non scale paint accepted.
Best overall model/flight will receive a nice prize.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 1:27PM First I got this via email...
Then, I started reading this: http://status.squarespace.com/ If ever I had a doubt that moving the ROCC site to SS was a bad idea it is totally and completely gone. Hats off to the folks up there in NYC for being manic SysAdmins... if you are one, you know what that means! dr |
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Monday, October 29, 2012 at 4:59PM Ken will not be at the November launch. If you need something from him, give Ken a call and have it shipped.