Friends of Amateur Rocketry

Anyone ever launch at Friends of Amateur Rocketry, and able to share the experience or some intel? They have a launch scheduled tomorrow on their calendar. Can one simply show up with fee cash in hand on launch day?

With Dairy Aire flooded, a number of us would take more drastic than usual measures to get some flights in.

So, watermelonman,
Tell us the story of going to FAR cold. Did you get in? How are the facilities? Taco truck on site?

Yes! It was amazing. No food or rocket vendor, bring it all, do it all yourself. There are plenty of benches, assembly areas, and bunkers though. Also 110VAC power for your tools!

I am not kidding about the bunkers! You can view liftoff nice and close if you want to get inside one.

First flight, Punisher on J210.

Great combination, especially for the money.

Next up, Dark Star on I470. Plenty of kick, but keeping it low for first flight.

Stuck the landing!

No tree for a hundred miles, but I found the closest alternative.

After I detached the airframe, Cowboy Dave helps bring the rest down with expert rock tossing.

Final flight, Nike Smoke on J270 shakedown before the big K2045 in a few weeks. Straight and true, though my action photography leaves much to be desired.

The crown jewel of the weekend, footage from the Punisher flight -
[video=vimeo;128268477]https://vimeo.com/128268477[/video]

That bug sure chose a poor place to hang out for the launch. I imagine he is still on the blast deflector, in some form or another.

watermelonman said:

The crown jewel of the weekend, footage from the Punisher flight -
[video=vimeo;128268477]https://vimeo.com/128268477[/video]

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Wait, I'm not seeing any video...the pictures are nice! LOL, so I don't have to be embarrassed when my rockets find the "tree alternatives" out there...

Sounds like cool experience. I'm glad your improvised adventure worked out!

The_Lone_Beagle said:

Wait, I'm not seeing any video...the pictures are nice! LOL, so I don't have to be embarrassed when my rockets find the "tree alternatives" out there...

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Ack! I hate that. What browser are you using?

https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?121722-problems-sharing-video

watermelonman said:

No tree for a hundred miles, but I found the closest alternative.

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Too funny!

My Madcow Squat would have found the only puddle in the desert.

It doesn't swim well, either.

watermelonman said:

The crown jewel of the weekend, footage from the Punisher flight -
[video=vimeo;128268477]https://vimeo.com/128268477[/video]

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Another possibility for viewing is to navigate to vimeo.com and add 128268477 after the slash. I think the forum eats it when I post direct links, still.

[video=vimeo;128268477]https://vimeo.com/128268477[/video]