February 28, 2005
Actual Rocketry Content
I saw this over at
Rich's place before and meant to mention it.
Tom is building a model rocket and documenting the process with words and pictures. This is a good chance to see some alternate construction techniques than what we used when we built the
Fat Boy (
scroll down at the link for the entire series).
And speaking of fat boys, Rich also posted a picture showing yours truly at our last rocket launch. I'm the big guy on the right, the tall guy in the middle is Frank, editor of our newsletter (that I mentioned here), and the guy on the left is Rob Edmonds, the creative force behind Edmonds Aerospace (that I talked about here). So yeah, Rich calls it "VIPs", and there are two of 'em in the photo, and me.
While you're over there, check out the other photos that Rich takes at our monthly rocket launches. Pretty cool.
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February 26, 2005
Cool Rocket Picture
Our rocketry club, NOVAAR (Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry) has the
latest newsletter up, and there's a wicked picture of our flying field on the front page. Here's the caption:
At January's launch, Ben Title's camera equipped R/C airplane snapped this shot of the Great Meadow flying field as a rocket took flight from one of the High Power pads.
It's a .pdf file (5MB), click 'newsletter', then select 'current issue'.
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February 13, 2005
Launch Report - 2/12/05
Saturday was our monthly NOVAAR club launch at Great Meadow Equestrian Center in The Plains, Virginia. The weather was mostly sunny with some high clouds and the temperature climbed to around 50. The winds were calm in the morning but built all day until towards the end they were a steady 10-15 mph with much stronger gusts at times.
(the rest is in the extended entry)
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Sorry I missed y'all yesterday,Ted.I had a few projects that I had wanted to complete before yesterday but I barely missed them.Just finished two coats of Future on my old Mean Machine.I have all new yellow decals for it.Plus,I have just finished Futuring a brand new 24mm Big Red Max.Some other stuff I'll be debuting at the next launch,too.I can do without the wind,also.This is no lie but just about every flying day we've had over the past year has been windy except for the last NOVAAR.Speaking of did you know that Mike has scheduled the next Battlepark for the 19th(EX)and the 20th(open).That is the same day as the Daytona 500 so it aint gonna happen unless I do just the early morning thing.There's always next month at the Plains.
Oh and one more thing,Ted.I don't know if you've heard but Danny Joe Brown(ex-Hatchet) has been in Miami hospital for over a week now with very bad pneumonia.They really thought he was gonna die on Monday night but he has been getting better.They had to pump fluid out of his lungs on friday and also did the dialasis thing on him.I don't think I have to tell you why that is.As of now it looks like he'll be o.k.
Well,anyways,if nothing else maybe I'll see ya next month.Later!-Russ
Posted by: Russ at February 13, 2005 03:03 PM (Y9aSc)
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Hey Russ, sorry you couldn't make it. I won't be getting to Culpeper next weekend, stuff going on, so yeah, next month at Great Meadow. Also hadn't heard about Danny Joe Brown, thanks for the heads up.
Posted by: Ted at February 14, 2005 08:41 AM (blNMI)
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The Plains? The Plains?
Last time I spent any time in that part of Virginia, I was a college student, visiting friends. Stayed at Toad Hall, right next to Forrest Mars's little spread. That was 34 years ago...
I'm just trying to imagine all of those rockets - and all of that nice open space. We used to launch ours in whatever open space we could find in our village on the South Shore of Long Island - which is to say, postage-stamp-size fields. I still have all of my old Estes Model Rocket News issues from the early 1960's...hah!
Posted by: Elisson at February 14, 2005 12:51 PM (6RZ2o)
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A few of my best pictures from the launch:
http://www.vforcerocketry.com/gallery.htm
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February 12, 2005
Bear Spotting
Luuka attended today's rocket launch. There's a picture in the extended entry, and I'll post a launch report and more pictures tomorrow.
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Did she get to light the fuse?
Posted by: Helen at February 13, 2005 03:25 AM (fL9DT)
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We don't use fuses, that would be dangerous. *mandatory safety disclaimer for the BATFE*
Actually, she did sit at the launch table when the button was pushed. She is now an official "Steely-eyed Missile Bear".
Posted by: Ted at February 13, 2005 07:55 AM (ZjSa7)
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Sorry I couldn't be there. Fighting off this lingering cold/flu thing. C'mon, springtime!
Posted by: Doug Pratt at February 13, 2005 08:42 AM (ia2zV)
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She sat on the table while others did the work, eh? That must make her a *Union* Steely-eyed Missle Bear.
Posted by: Victor at February 13, 2005 12:01 PM (etHvD)
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I know where you're coming from Doug, that bug kicked my butt for about two weeks before I started to feel anything near "better".
Posted by: Ted at February 14, 2005 07:59 AM (blNMI)
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Nice name for the rocket.
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Rocket Launch today
I'll probably post something more this evening or tomorrow. In the meantime, here's a picture from the last BattlePark launch (
in the extended entry).
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Right on Ted. I have often wanted to go to the experiemntal engine testing deal they have in the Black Rock Playa in Nevada. Not sure the actual name for it, but it's supposed to be full of carnage and power.
Looks like a serious rocket ya got there.
Have a good time.
Posted by: bitterman at February 12, 2005 11:11 AM (94VhM)
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AERO-PAC is the outfit. A prefecture of Tripoli High Power Rocket club. But there is another event. Some kind of home brewed engine testing that the feds only give clearance to a couple times a year. Some guys supposedly showed up with a three stage monstrosity a couple years ago that was apparently something to see. I've seen some videos and things of on pad meltdowns and it looks like a helluva time, that is if you like to see things go boom.........and I do.
Posted by: bitterman at February 12, 2005 03:50 PM (94VhM)
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