This will be an easy report to write, because only 5 rockets were flown all weekend. Those of you who stayed home, know why you stayed home, and you probably made the right choice! It was cold and raw. Continue reading
Launch Report, October 11-12, 2014
This was a great weekend for rocket weather, with a little wind driving everything away from the soybeans. Long walks and clean recovery was the order of the day, both days. There was not a huge crowd on hand either day, so I can give you an account of every flight, not necessarily in chronological order.
The weekend before Thanksgiving can be a very slow time for organized rocket launches, but the great weather on Saturday brought out a fine crowd; I saw 20 cars on the road at one point on Saturday afternoon. There was a TARC team on hand, getting the feel of adjusting a rocket for altitude and duration, there were 2 teams from NCSU (one is a NASA SLI entry), and we had a TRA Level 1 certification attempt. Motor use summary first: Continue reading
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