SARG January Club Launch - Jan 16 - Canceled due to weather

Sacramento Area Rocketry Group Jan 9 and 16 launch canceled due to Rain - Next Launch date Feb 13th.

Watch emails and website for updates.

See the website for details.

Yay! I just sent email to Dave Kenyon about my plan to fly Vulcan on H45 and I140. Figured I'd mention it here as well. I expect both flights to stay well below 1,000'.

Ari.

Cool, looking forward to seeing those flights.

I still have not been able to get approval for my I345 on a proven rocket to under 2000 feet.

watermelonman said:

I still have not been able to get approval for my I345 on a proven rocket to under 2000 feet.

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How long ago did you submit your request?

hball55 said:

How long ago did you submit your request?

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I think it was late October. It does not matter much now, because I wanted to go to November and December launches, but I will not be able to make January.

Still, it tells on his responsiveness to requests for high power launches. What confidence does that instill on anybody wanting to fly a high power motor at a SARG launch?

Just hoping the weather cooperates for once...

swatkat said:

Just hoping the weather cooperates for once...

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I agree; currently the forecast has rain Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and 30% chance of rain on Saturday.

watermelonman said:

I think it was late October. It does not matter much now, because I wanted to go to November and December launches, but I will not be able to make January.

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Interesting, David replied to me next day and approved. What email did you use?

hball55 said:

Still, it tells on his responsiveness to requests for high power launches. What confidence does that instill on anybody wanting to fly a high power motor at a SARG launch?

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Yes, that is why I brought it up.

Interesting, David replied to me next day and approved. What email did you use?

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The one from the front page, ends in starstream.net though I would not know if it changed.

FWIW, I never once got email confirmations for HP plans when I flew with SARG at the old field, but I never had a problem checking my flights in.

Ari.

iter said:

FWIW, I never once got email confirmations for HP plans when I flew with SARG at the old field, but I never had a problem checking my flights in.

Ari.

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Several years ago SARG had policy about getting approval before launching HP.... then as club matured and was confident about the field, requirement not stickily followed.

With the new field the club wishes to be careful not to upset the landowner or neighbors. So Club wishes to have all HP flights approved to avoid issues.

Tom review this at the November Club meeting at Sierra College.

watermelonman said:

The one from the front page, ends in starstream.net though I would not know if it changed.

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That is what I use, try emailing him again, I'll email Tom in case David is it out of touch

Wow, the weather forecast sure is fickle. Earlier today, I would have said no chance of a launch Saturday. Now, it says the next three days no rain. No doubt, that'll change a couple more times between now and Saturday.

I heard back from Dave. He says my flights are OK (as long as the weather works, naturally).

Ari.

Me too, I only requested one HP flight and that was only a H128.

Any official word yet on launch status or a rain date?

My weather app shows 45% chance rain on Saturday.

nothing yet.... I assume Tom will send out an email and update website.

Thanks, David.

No joy, launch cancelled due to field conditions. Rescheduled to the 16th. But if you can read a weather report, it doesn't look any better for next Saturday, with rain predicted most the week. Is SARG ever going to hold a launch; doubtful, with El Niño.

TCC seems to be a surer bet for the 16th.

hball55 said:

No joy, launch cancelled due to field conditions. Rescheduled to the 16th. But if you can read a weather report, it doesn't look any better for next Saturday, with rain predicted most the week. Is SARG ever going to hold a launch; doubtful, with El Niño.

TCC seems to be a surer bet for the 16th.

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Email I received said launch canceled and next launch is Feb 13th.

Is there a sign-up for these emails on the site? Because the site said the 16th last time I looked.

I'm beginning to think that I am a SARG Jonah. Ever since I got back into rocketry a little over two years ago and was going to attend my first SARG launch at the Pleasant Grove site, SARG lost that site and hasn't held a launch since.

hball55 said:

Is there a sign-up for these emails on the site? Because the site said the 16th last time I looked.

I'm beginning to think that I am a SARG Jonah. Ever since I got back into rocketry a little over two years ago and was going to attend my first SARG launch at the Pleasant Grove site, SARG lost that site and hasn't held a launch since.

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Just checked the sargrocket.org website and there is indeed a rain date listed. Perhaps the decision was revisited after the email was sent.

My my weather app shows rain for next Saturday...

PM me your email addy, Hank, and I'll forward it to the powers that be.

Sent.

Yeah, my weather app has rain Mon, Wed., Fri., and Sat. That leaves no break for the field to drain. At the same time, 2 hours South in Carruthers, there's no rain this week or next week. TCC is more likely to hold a launch.

hball55 said:

Is there a sign-up for these emails on the site?

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Don't think there is a sign up on the site... believe they add members to an email to distribution group.

I am looking forward to attending a SARG launch ... someday!

cls said:

I am looking forward to attending a SARG launch ... someday!

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Me too, lol. I used to attend them from 1999-2001, then took a break until 2013, and that's when they lost their site. Been waiting since then. Maybe in February.

Don't look like a launch is going to happen this month.

Sacramento Area Rocketry Group Jan 9 and 16 launch canceled due to Rain - Next Launch date Feb 13th.

Watch emails and website for updates.