[roc-chat] Re: Launch today?
- From: "Ian Walberg" <ian.walberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:05:47 -0400
More details can be found at the ROC wesbsite or Facebook page.
http://www.rocstock.org/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/5938576986/
Ian
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Behalf Of Jeff Gortatowsky
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:57 PM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Launch today?
Just to be clear, launches do not go from 2-4. Launches start about 7-8am
(maybe 9am on a bad day). They usual stop between 2 to 4pm. Everyone else has
pretty much covered why that is so. Supposedly there was an informal (non-ROC)
launch today. Was anyone there?
Those that are interested, my report is on The Rocketry Forum here
http://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?t=25432
And the pictures I took are at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffgortatowsky/sets/72157627431911254/
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From: Eric Williams <ericwil76@xxxxxxxx>
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 1:11 PM
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Launch today?
Thanks Richard,
Yah I guess I am just a dork and did not know the launches only went from 2-4 I
assumed they were always all day Saturday. I don’t come all the time and I
guess every time I have been it has been Roctober, Rocstock or LDRS two days. I
drove all the way so what the hell I camped, it did turn beautiful with no wind
and an amazing moon and perfect overnight temps. Dang I missed the glider lol.
Well I will be back now that I know the hours.
Regards,
Eric Williams
From: Richard Dierking <mailto:redierking@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:44 AM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Re: Launch today?
The time stamp on your message suggests that you sent it at about 4:30 PM. If
so, probably everyone had left by then. Keep in mind that I wasn't watching
the clock too much at the launch, so my times may be off a little. I believe
we were done taking down the range at about 2:30 PM. At about 1:30 things were
really winding down, and everyone seemed to be packing up. It was a good day
weather-wise until about 1:00 PM. There were clouds and obvious rain North and
South of Lucerne at times in the afternoon including lightning strikes. The
humidity got much higher in the afternoon accompanied by about 98 F heat.
Also, gusts of the evil W were strong at times and this is why most people just
decided that they had enough. Maybe it calmed a bit in the late afternoon, but
how were we to know this?
One interesting thing happened about 1:00 PM; a glider came over the range and
flew in large circles for approximately 20 minutes. The glider's altitude was
approximately 4000 to 5000 and high-power flights were suspended until the
glider cleared. It was very difficult to spot the glider at times because by
the afternoon, the sky was mostly white clouds. Fortunately, someone on the
flight line noticed the glider as it entered the range area. This is why it's
always important to have many eyes on the sky.
So, just the glider's presence suggests how dynamic the weather was with the
wind shifting many times throughout the afternoon.
Richard Dierking
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From: ericwil76@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [roc-chat] Launch today?
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:24:08 -0700
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Just one big question I am at the lake bed was the launch cancelled?
Eric
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