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Tripoli Central Virginia is hosting a Tripoli launch this January at their Battle Park launch site. Saturday, Jan 9th will be a commercial motor launch while Sunday, Jan 10th will be a research launch.
Check the BattlePark website for details.
http://battlepark.org
Handeman
TRA #09903 L2
"If you don't use your head, you have to use your feet!" my Dad
Tripoli Central Virginia #25 - BattlePark.org
TRA 2747
So far...weather looks ok.
................maybe Saturday.
We got two categories of pilots around here. We got your prime pilots that get all the hot planes, and we got your pud-knockers who DREAM about getting the hot planes.
Now what are you two pud-knockers gonna have?... Huh?”
Pancho Barnes- The Right Stuff
Rocket Boffin
Looks like it is getting moved to the following (Jan 16-17) weekend...
Will Marchant, KC6ROL
NAR 13356, Tripoli 10125 L3, AMA 800142, FBIS
TRA 2747
Sure did......weather again.Originally Posted by WillMarchant
We got two categories of pilots around here. We got your prime pilots that get all the hot planes, and we got your pud-knockers who DREAM about getting the hot planes.
Now what are you two pud-knockers gonna have?... Huh?”
Pancho Barnes- The Right Stuff
VIKINGS
Too dang cold to be flying rockets!
TRA 2747
The older I get, the more I appreciate being warm, and dry.
We got two categories of pilots around here. We got your prime pilots that get all the hot planes, and we got your pud-knockers who DREAM about getting the hot planes.
Now what are you two pud-knockers gonna have?... Huh?”
Pancho Barnes- The Right Stuff
Lifetime Member
Great weather!!!!
The rescheduled launch, Sat. 16th for Commercial and Sun 17th for Research looks like great weather for Saturday.
Saturday Forecast
49º
Winds of 2 mph with Gusts to 3 mph!
Cloud base most of the day +12,000 feet.
Sunday Forecast
Rain
41º
Winds 16 mph with Gusts to 38mph
Cloud base 200 - 500 feet.
Guess we'll all have to fly twice as much on Saturday!
With the low winds and large site, I think tickling the 15,000 foot wavier sound like the thing to do!
Saturday sounds like the perfect day to fly 'em FAST and fly 'em HIGH!
Handeman
TRA #09903 L2
"If you don't use your head, you have to use your feet!" my Dad
Tripoli Central Virginia #25 - BattlePark.org
Lifetime Member
Due to a forecast of Rain and wind. The Research launch on Sunday, January 17th is canceled
Handeman
TRA #09903 L2
"If you don't use your head, you have to use your feet!" my Dad
Tripoli Central Virginia #25 - BattlePark.org
TRA 2747
How was Saturday?
We got two categories of pilots around here. We got your prime pilots that get all the hot planes, and we got your pud-knockers who DREAM about getting the hot planes.
Now what are you two pud-knockers gonna have?... Huh?”
Pancho Barnes- The Right Stuff
Lifetime Member
Weather men LIE! They lie like dogs! Sorry for the slight on the dogs.
The Aviation forecast was 1 mph. The Accuweather was 2mph with gusts to 3mph.
My El Juan when to 3,675 with a dual deploy, main at 400 ft. It landed a half mile away!
The top inch of the clay thawed out and turned to mud. It was like grease on the frozen ground below. Very fun skating around. Watched a brand new red Camero drift backwards and sideways as it tried to move forward.
All and all, it was a pretty good day! I got one rocket into orbit! I put a F24W in an Estes Stormcaster. Never heard a deployment charge or saw a chute. Never saw anything again, so it must have made orbit, right?
Got 2,846 ft from my Callisto on an H180W.
A level 2 cert was flow off the trailer launcher.
A lot of TARC flights,
and generally, a good time was had by all.
It was a rocket launch, of course everyone had a good time!
Handeman
TRA #09903 L2
"If you don't use your head, you have to use your feet!" my Dad
Tripoli Central Virginia #25 - BattlePark.org
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