BBrown
Phoenix Driver
It's official!
LDRS 30 will be held over Labor Day weekend (September 1-6, 2011) at Argonia, KS. Our standing waiver is 34,500' AGL all day, every day. We will be posting more of the details as we firm them up but you should plan on coming out and flying with us. I'm certain you will have a great time.
There will be discussions on why Labor Day weekend and not the middle of (insert your favorite summer month here). Here's the short answer. The Kloudbusters are allowed to fly and recover our rockets off of many miles of private land. This is not BLM or any other government alphabetical soup owner land. These landowners have graciously allowed us (and our rocketry friends from around the planet) access to their land to enjoy our hobby. They do not have to do this! Our "rocket fields" are their "farming fields" where they earn their living and feed us city folk. Most of the acreage is planted in wheat during the winter. This wheat matures and is havested in late June/early July. Just before it's harvested the wheat is tall and very dry (fire prone) so we do not fly off of our field from late April through the middle of July. So right off the bat, June is out!
Then comes late July through August. These are the hottest months of the year in Kansas. While air temperatures can reach triple digits, out in the plowed, dark fields the surface temperatures easily exceed 125 degrees. It's really too hot to be enjoyable for folks who live in more temperate climates.
Labor day weekend has always been a great time to fly rockets in Kansas. The weather should be in the mid 80's and all of the crops are out of the fields so recovering rockets is easy.
While we recognize that some folks have other commitments at that time, truthfully there is not a six day period where everyone will be happy!
For our old rocket friends, please come back and fly with us again. For those of you who have never flown with us, come on out and we will make you feel like family! The Kloudbusters and our landowners look forward to visit.
Bob Brown
Launch Director, LDRS 30
LDRS 30 will be held over Labor Day weekend (September 1-6, 2011) at Argonia, KS. Our standing waiver is 34,500' AGL all day, every day. We will be posting more of the details as we firm them up but you should plan on coming out and flying with us. I'm certain you will have a great time.
There will be discussions on why Labor Day weekend and not the middle of (insert your favorite summer month here). Here's the short answer. The Kloudbusters are allowed to fly and recover our rockets off of many miles of private land. This is not BLM or any other government alphabetical soup owner land. These landowners have graciously allowed us (and our rocketry friends from around the planet) access to their land to enjoy our hobby. They do not have to do this! Our "rocket fields" are their "farming fields" where they earn their living and feed us city folk. Most of the acreage is planted in wheat during the winter. This wheat matures and is havested in late June/early July. Just before it's harvested the wheat is tall and very dry (fire prone) so we do not fly off of our field from late April through the middle of July. So right off the bat, June is out!
Then comes late July through August. These are the hottest months of the year in Kansas. While air temperatures can reach triple digits, out in the plowed, dark fields the surface temperatures easily exceed 125 degrees. It's really too hot to be enjoyable for folks who live in more temperate climates.
Labor day weekend has always been a great time to fly rockets in Kansas. The weather should be in the mid 80's and all of the crops are out of the fields so recovering rockets is easy.
While we recognize that some folks have other commitments at that time, truthfully there is not a six day period where everyone will be happy!
For our old rocket friends, please come back and fly with us again. For those of you who have never flown with us, come on out and we will make you feel like family! The Kloudbusters and our landowners look forward to visit.
Bob Brown
Launch Director, LDRS 30
