Sep 14, 2013
On a beautiful day at Mill Springs where low humidity and clear blue skies provided an excellent day to streak skyward we had a great turnout and over 105 flights. Due to moderate winds at mid-day most opted for A8-3 (26 launches) followed by seventeen going up on a B6-4, fourteen with B4-4, and eleven challenging with a C6-5, and even some Ds and Es were ignited. Steve Bellio receives top honors with a launch of a G78-4G on his LOC Stovi. Most rockets were recovered by parachute (76) with 21 coming back on streamer. We also saw tumble recoveries and some well executed gliders. Most interesting rocket name was (more…)
Sep 14, 2013
On a beautiful day at Mill Springs where low humidity and clear blue skies provided an excellent day to streak skyward we had a great turnout and over 105 flights. Due to moderate winds at mid-day most opted for A8-3 (26 launches) followed by seventeen going up on a B6-4, fourteen with B4-4, and eleven challenging with a C6-5, and even some Ds and Es were ignited. Steve Bellio receives top honors with a launch of a G78-4G on his LOC Stovi. Most rockets were recovered by parachute (76) with 21 coming back on streamer. We also saw tumble recoveries and some well executed gliders. Most interesting rocket name was (more…)
Sep 14, 2013
On a beautiful day at Mill Springs where low humidity and clear blue skies provided an excellent day to streak skyward we had a great turnout and over 105 flights. Due to moderate winds at mid-day most opted for A8-3 (26 launches) followed by seventeen going up on a B6-4, fourteen with B4-4, and eleven challenging with a C6-5, and even some Ds and Es were ignited. Steve Bellio receives top honors with a launch of a G78-4G on his LOC Stovi. Most rockets were recovered by parachute (76) with 21 coming back on streamer. We also saw tumble recoveries and some well executed gliders. Most interesting rocket name was (more…)
Jun 30, 2013
March Briner sends us his report on Southern Thunder last weekend in Manchester, TN:
“If you weren’t there, you missed a good one. Both days saw mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the upper 80s, and light morning winds blowing ever so slightly into the woods. Hard to say exactly how many flyers showed up; I got there early Saturday to claim a prime spot on the flight line close to the rangehead.
Saturday, I (more…)
Aug 11, 2013
John Adams sends a report about the August 11th launch.
“WOW! We had a great launch today at Lost Mountain!
We launched some rockets, ZERO rockets were lost, and even had some nice contest flights.
1/2A Helicopter Duration was actually pretty dramatic! Jorge had a good flight then a prang. Joel had to overcome a few issues before finally getting a really good flight to win the event.
1/2A Streamer was the most popular event with (more…)
March Briner sends us his report on Southern Thunder last weekend in Manchester, TN:
John Adams sends a report about the August 11th launch.