[roc-chat] Re: My Rocstock 35
- From: Mike Ostby <mdostby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:57:01 -0700
Was glad to help Richard.
Richard Dierking <richard.dierking@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Wow, 34 flights!!! Well, I only had one, but it was spectacular. :-)
>Thanks to all the members that helped with set-up, running the launch, and
>helping to tear-down and pack. Your help was greatly appreciated.
>
>Richard Dierking
>On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Chris J Kobel <Chris.J.Kobel@xxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> James and I had a great weekend (34 flights total!) and enjoyed working
>> and spending time with you. Hope to be able to hang out at a ROC event in
>> the near future.
>>
>> Thank you also for the great pictures of James and his Goblin. If it
>> isn't too much trouble, we would love original images of pictures #4-6 and
>> #23-26.
>>
>> Chris and James Kobel
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jeff Gortatowsky <indanapt@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Date: 06/09/2012 09:09 PM
>> Subject: [roc-chat] My Rocstock 35
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>>
>>
>>
>> I spent Thursday and Friday out on the playa. Traffic was such I got there
>> very late thursday morning but was able to make myself 'somewhat' useful
>> for Richard. Not very, but at least a little.
>> Thursday was a great flying day - I would not have flown had I not at
>> least done some range work, little as it was, that was the 'perk'.
>>
>> Chris Kobel and his son must have got in 10 flights or more Thursday...
>> that the benny of helping to setup the range!
>>
>> I launched on a maiden flight an Aerotech IQSY Tomahawk on a F40-7 and I
>> maidened my scratch built Deucey 2.5 on a D12 to an E9-6.
>> Friday was wonderful right up to 11:30am when the wind turned nasty. These
>> things happen... but it was still blowing 24 hrs later.
>>
>> Friday AM I flew my Dagger 38 on an Aerotech I366R. Last flight I cracked
>> a fin on a 60 inch chute. So I went to a 72... I got the rocket up, but not
>> the chute out. It 'lightly' core sampled cracking the quantum tube...
>> repairable... if I decide to... I may just harvest the parts for a future
>> build. I then flew my upscaled The Launch Pad Osiris on a CTI I212 for a
>> nice flight, and my rebuilt VB Javelin on a CTI H410 for another nice
>> flight.
>>
>> Chris Kobel and Mark Hayes, I also have some nice pics in the group. I can
>> send the originals. Richard, I can send originals of the Post Hole Digger
>> of Death... I was not prepared for the flight, so the images are not as
>> good as they could have been.
>>
>> Many many many thanks to Allen Farrington and Kurt Gugisburg for their
>> company and friendship. Ditto to David and Jim Reese as always! And
>> Jared-the-man-Shapiro!!! Jared you rock!
>>
>> And thanks to Jack at Whats Up Hobbies for the deal on the nose cone!
>>
>>
>> Big thanks to Mark Hayes from Stickershock.com for the hospitality!!!
>> Thanks Bro!
>>
>> Photos that I have are here:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffgortatowsky/sets/72157630029596017/
>>
>>
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>>
>> Jeff Gortatowsky, Redondo Beach, CA | Twitter: JeffGortatowsky | Yahoo:
>> indanapt
>> "(Scientific) Skepticism is not a set of beliefs, it is a set of methods
>> for asking questions about reality." -- Doctor Steven Novella
>>
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