There was a couple of eroneous flights including a loud and spectatular CATO of a C11-0.
Another nice day, a little hot, but there was a cooling breeze. It was mostly cloudy with the clouds thinning out by days end. Ken Frye, who has been ill, came by to check out the festivities and we spent a good while catching up with him. There was a couple of eroneous flights including a loud and spectatular CATO of a C11-0.
The Center of gravity (CG), also known as the center of mass, and the center of pressure (CP)
In model rocketry you must ensure your rocket is stable. A stable rocket will fly perfectly, while an unstable rocket will fly in an unpredictable pattern possibly ruining the rocket, damaging property or hurting someone. Stability is extremely important when building a rocket from scratch, and a good idea to know how stable your kits are also.
Including a spectacular (and odd) CATO
It rained all day Friday and into early Saturday morning, followed by a heavy fog. We decided late Saturday morning to give the launch a try. Although overcast a good bit of the day, it was about 64 degrees with hardly any wind. Besides the ground being mushy, it was a great day to launch rockets, with most landing near the pad.
MoreRockets.com flights
It was a beautiful day, following several canceled lauches due to rain or cold weather conditions. The temperature was a nice 63 degrees, the sky was clear, but the wind was a liitle gusty. As, usual we had a great time launching rockets.
A career Air Force officer from 1950, his assignments included service as a fighter pilot, an operational pilot and instructor, an experimental test pilot and an assistant professor of thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics at West Point.
A hero of the American Space Odyssey, Frank Borman led the first team of American
astronauts to circle the moon, extending man’s horizons into space. Frank Frederick Borman II was born on March 14, 1928, at 2162 West 11th Avenue in Gary, Indiana, USA.
Great flights, didn’t even have to walk real far today.
Saturday, November the 4th, 2023 was an incredible day. The winds were light and the temperature was a comfortable 70 degress. We had a cloudless sky and some great rocket launches.
A dragonfly was really interested in our launch.
Another beautiful day, about 90 degrees and just a light breeze. Michelle, Walter, and Wyatt joined us to fly rockets and we had a great time. We had about 20 flights, mostly all successful. An E motor got Michelle’s scratch-built Dr. Who rocket (with a Tardis nose cone) to new heights.
Our Roy Green Memorial Launch
It had been a while since our last launch but this was a great day weather-wise. Rather hot, muggy, but hardly a breeze. It was our first launch since our rocketry friend Roy Green died, so I’m dedicating this launch to him.
Bigelow has provided financial support for investigations of UFOs and parapsychological topics, including the continuation of consciousness after death.
Robert Bigelow is an American entrepreneur and space enthusiast known for his significant contributions to the aerospace industry. He is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace, a private space technology company that focuses on the development and manufacture of expandable space habitats.
The first sounding rocket was launched on February 16, 1949
When scientists use the term “sound” in relation to the upper atmosphere, they are referring to a process of using instruments carried by rockets to gather data about the properties of the atmosphere at different altitudes. This process is known as “sounding”, and it involves measuring various physical properties of the atmosphere, such as temperature, pressure, and composition, at different heights.
