I will not be going to ROCstock this time. The range has moved a bit South
since the original GPS coord. I would suggest looking on Google Earth, go about
1500’ West of the access road running North-South, and then look for the
less-traveled access road that is South of the range. Recently, some people
have been using this road from the highway to the site. I suggest the safety
zone be placed about 350’ North of this access road. It’s important that the
back pads are not placed too close to the main access road, and someone needs
to check if there will be large/complex projects. If so, these need to be an
appropriate distance from the spectator area and any launch control leads
shouldn’t cross the main access roads otherwise they will get damaged.
Hopefully, this all makes sense.
I would also suggest strongly discouraging splinter groups setting up along the
main access road in the old area. Any groups not that are not a part of
ROCstock should be at the far West end of the lakebed.
Richard
From: Chris Kobel
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2015 8:48 AM
To: roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
James and I hope to arrive at the lakebed late Wednesday/early Thursday to do
some preliminary range setup (and preliminary flying!) Hoping/praying for 4
days of FANTASTIC weather!
Question for BoD/Dierking: What are the GPS coords of the rangehead you'd like
to use for the RocStock range setup? Also coords for the porta-potties so we
can tell the guy when he delivers? (these may be different from monthly
launches)
A friendly challenge from Mike Riss was 41 launches for RocStock 41. (We did
35 at RocStock 35, but only 33 at RS37 and 20 at RS39, due to weather). We
have 51 flights (so far) booked, including 14 high power and the Punisher drag
race.
What's everyone else bringing?
We also plan to do a 2-4 hour stint at LCO Friday and Saturday.
Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Chris and James Kobel
