Launch Report, Bayboro, March 19, 2016

March is the one month where weather forecasts at Bayboro have shown themselves to be the least reliable. I have found that the best policy in March is to just pack the truck and go, and see what happens. So I went.

Saturday turned out to be a perfectly fine day for everything but extremely high flights, and this was because the winds were out of the southeast, blowing everything towards the northwest, where lies the closest tree line, about 0.7 miles away. [Think about how many rocket club launch sites don?t have any tree lines as far away as 0.7 miles and try to appreciate how good we have it here as guests of Clifton Paul and his family.] The cloud ceiling was high, the temperature was mild, and a lot of people showed up. I?ll insert the motor use summary and then describe some of the specifics.

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Launch Report, Bayboro, February 27-28, 2016

North Carolina is currently experiencing an early spring, and we benefitted from this fine weather last weekend for our regular February launch at Bayboro. All the regulars agree that Saturday was the best day ever at the Bayboro site, with more people, more rockets and more action than ever before. High power is alive and well in Eastern North Carolina. Let?s have a look at the motor use summary, and then get down to cases. Continue reading

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January 23-24, 2016 Launch CANCELLED due to weather

The current weather forecast for Friday and Saturday in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area is not promising, and Sunday is questionable.? The combination of snow and ice in the predictions would make travel from the central part of the state very hazardous for those very few people who would even attempt it.

Everybody can work on rocket projects and get your best rockets polished up for the Astronomy Days event at the North Carolina Museum of Natural History on the 30th and 31st.? I’ll see some of you next weekend and the the rest in February.

-Alan

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