NC Rocketry

Winter launches are unpredictable and usually occasions where only the truly committed show up and participate. The weekends of January 17-18 and February 28-March 1, 2015, were just such events. Of those four days, only one was the sort of day on which anybody actually wanted to be there, the others were exclusively attended by unfortunate souls who were on some sort of schedule, and needed to make a qualifying flight, or who had volunteered to be prefect, scholastic advisor, or who were coaching an academic team. Continue reading →

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.

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