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CROCK Sep 2008
For those of you who attended CROCK yesterday, you know how good it was. For those of you who did not, here is a short report. On getting to the site, the wind was higher than we like, 12mph, gusting to 15mph. But the wind varied throughout the day, and somehow, with these big rockets we now launch, it did not seem to matter. There were several thing about this event I liked, a lot. For me, the highlights were: 1. Peter brought along a new wireless miniature video camera. He put it on his radio controlled plane, and, we could see the video from the plane, live, using a pair of 3D goggles. It was like being in the plane! Amazing. We really do have to try this out on a rocket to 5000 feet! 2. Dan took the next step up with Apollo II. An absolutely perfect vertical launch on a Pro38 I205 (3Grain) to, I estimate, 1800 feet approx. The on-board altimeter battery was weak and died during the flight. The rocket also suffered some minor cracking in the fin area. Dan - you need a larger parachute. Fortunately, this can be repaired quite easily. 3. Oliver took the next step up with WOWROC2. A perfect dual-recovery flight on a Pro38 I285 (4Grain). Deployment at 500 feet. WOWROC2 broke it's own record, reaching 2729 feet. The radio tracking worked perfectly. 4. Kes repaired his rocket Pride on site, and did a great launch on an D or E, I cannot remember which. He also launched Osiris II after repairing it at home. An amazing E-class flight. Those long light rockets built by Dan and Kes in the early days of PARS are still great rockets and we love launching them. 5. I launched Ground2Air on G Congreve's a couple of times, one being a zipper due to setting the deployment delay too long. Easy to repair. The second flight used a FAST 1.0 burn. Nice. I'd like to try from FAST burn Congreve's at H and I power. The only thing that marred the event for me was the On Board Video. Our on-board video camera failed to operate corrected. Video from Apollo II and WOWROC2 did not work. I am investigating. A great day out. We really seemed to enjoy this particular event. The rockets went higher and faster than before. Oliver is now ready for Level 2, and, Dan picked up the fins for (be afraid, be very afraid) Apollo III. If Kes can finish his 5.5inch 9lb monster, BioHazard, for his Level 1, we are set for some amazing events to come. Pete choose not to do his simultaneous launch of 48 small rockets. Too much wind. We can enjoy that another day.
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