October Dawsonville Launch Event Report

Published on October 26, 2024

The October 26th Southern Area Rocketry launch event in Dawsonville had excellent weather conditions with clear blue skies, warm temperatures, and light to moderate winds; all of this with colorful Fall foliage as a backdrop.  No wonder then that the event was well attended and for the day there were 129 total launches accomplished.  Mid-power rockets were steadily being placed on the launch pads with excellent flights and generally good recoveries (always a few mishaps).

Jorge Blanco got in a successful flight of his Apogee TTV “timer test vehicle” with an E30-4/B6-4 two stage combination and with a new altimeter that solved earlier problems.  Kevin Scholberg brought out his scratch-built Halloween Hellraiser flown on a cluster of two D12-5s and recovered in two parts with entrails spewed out – quite a sight.

For G-power there was Dion’s Estes Der Big Red Max powered by a G77 as was the LOC/scratch-built The Raven which was also flown on a G80.  Herb Howe launched his Sunward King Tut pyramid with a G35-4 which was impressive and unique.  Ryan Campbell had two flights (powered by G64 and G76) of his LOC Alien with dual deployment on recovery.  Well done.  These were just a small sample of the highlights.

Some event photos [here]

Motor ignition counts:
A – 16
B – 28
C – 22
D – 26
E – 28
F – 15
G – 8

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