Nov 18, 2014
All issues have been taken care of, and so this Saturday SoAR hosts a launch including high power rockets at the Atlanta Dragway, just off I-85 in Commerce, GA. The launch starts at 10AM and goes until 5PM. FAA waiver is 4000′ for high power flights (previously reported increase was in error. Sorry for any inconvenience!)
Everyone is welcome to come watch and fly rockets with us. We don’t get out to the Dragway that often (last time was a year ago) because it is a busy place (as you can see from the photo above, which was taken during a racing event), so take the opportunity to attend this launch (and don’t let the Dawgs’ home game traffic keep you away).
Chris Short of Chris’ Rocket Supplies will be there to handle your rocket-motor-purchasing needs.
And don’t forget to sign-up for range duty to help out!
Nov 8, 2014
Fair autumn skies saw ninety launches by twenty-two participants at the SoAR November Mill Springs Launch. Moderate and sometime variable winds provided ample opportunity for many successful flights and recoveries with motors ranging from 1/4A to F32. The favorite choice was the B6-4 which boosted fourteen rockets skyward while C6-5 saw eleven launches. A three stage launch (A8-0/A8-0/A8-5) was successfully flown and recovered by Warren with his retro Farside. Steve successfully launched and flew two remote control boosted gliders for four spectacular flights with motors ranging from E12 to F15.
Throughout the day we saw many parasitic gliders and space planes with some really good results. A Space Shuttle scratch built by Marcus was remarkably realistic in its lift off, booster separation, and especially with how the Space Shuttle glided down back to earth with a very flat glide angle.
So all-in-all we had another good turnout of participants, many with family and all enjoying a variety of interesting launches on a beautiful autumn day.
Oct 26, 2014
Kevin Boyd’s photos from Saturday’s launch at Lilly are up now on Flickr.
Oct 12, 2014
A cloudy morning started with a just a few launches between the rain drops, but the weather slowly improved and by mid-morning blue skies began to appear and activity on the launch pads picked up. There were a total of 60 launches made by 26 participants including members from the Georgia Perimeter College Space Club. There were twenty rockets being flown for the first time; six of these were scratch built. We saw our first 3D printed rocket engineered by Denmark Hodges that completed two successful launches with an onboard GoPro HERO camera on Aerotech E28 motors (very extraordinary). Steve Bellio successfully launched and recovered four rockets that completed six total launches powered by everything from E15-4W to G77-4R.
Otherwise the B6-4 was the most often used motor throughout the day with twelve total launches followed by the D12-5 and B4-4 with six launches each. Oliver Long was the most active participant with a total of fourteen launches including a return of his Estes Leviathan sent skyward on an E16-6 and successfully recovered.
So what began as a dreary start became an enjoyable outing with visitors arriving throughout the day to enjoy the October skies and many impressive flights.
Sep 29, 2014
We had twenty flyers at Saturday’s launch in Lilly, with a total of 104 flights running the full gamut from A to K impulse.
A full report should be coming up soon.
