A rocket with a phone number was found & brought back to the LCO table around 4:00 IIRC- it might have been announced while you were out looking.Need help finding my lost rocket. It was the green and black loc nuke pro Maxx. It has an orange chute. My GPS didn't work and I couldn't track it, but I think it went East of the launch area. My phone number is in it so I would really appreciate a call if anyone happens to see it.
A rocket with a phone number was found & brought back to the LCO table around 4:00 IIRC- it might have been announced while you were out looking.
Holy **** thank you! I can't believe you found it.
The bad news is that it is in Toronto. Please e-mail me directly.
How the heck did it end up in Toronto?
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I have a long story to tell you.
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I (we) found another rocket next to the gravel access road leaving the launch site. We left it on the side of the road knowing that it would only be exposed to modelers leaving the site. Jdog13s rocket was found in a ditch on the paved roadway east of the field. I thought that if I left it on the side of the road it could get run over or picked up.
I chose not to return to the launch site and continue heading home with the full intent of finding the owner. I found out who owned the rocket when I got home and immediately contacted Jdog. We are in the process on making return arrangements.
Very cool flight!
Not sure how I feel about this. How did you know that Jdog wasn't tracking his rocket instead of assuming it was "lost?" It is a big launch event, so there are rockets laying all over the place in varying states of recovery. Ok, you were trying to be a good samaritan, but the rocket probably should have been returned to the range head, not taken to another country! This is none of my business, of course, but I would be happy yet irritated with this situation.
At MWP, I was happily tracking my rocket for a mile, walking in open farmland, when all of a sudden the GPS coordinates started moving! I hurried to the spot where the rocket should have been in the middle of an empty field, and saw a dude walking about 100 yards away with my rocket wadded up under his arm. I yelled, he stopped, and I politely told him to leave it be. He said he planned to "put it by the road." Hmmm.
If is is launch day and I come upon a rocket, I don't touch it, especially if the electronics are beeping.
A burning rocket on the pad and some M's
Not sure how I feel about this. How did you know that Jdog wasn't tracking his rocket instead of assuming it was "lost?" It is a big launch event, so there are rockets laying all over the place in varying states of recovery. Ok, you were trying to be a good samaritan, but the rocket probably should have been returned to the range head, not taken to another country! This is none of my business, of course, but I would be happy yet irritated with this situation.
At MWP, I was happily tracking my rocket for a mile, walking in open farmland, when all of a sudden the GPS coordinates started moving! I hurried to the spot where the rocket should have been in the middle of an empty field, and saw a dude walking about 100 yards away with my rocket wadded up under his arm. I yelled, he stopped, and I politely told him to leave it be. He said he planned to "put it by the road." Hmmm.
If is is launch day and I come upon a rocket, I don't touch it, especially if the electronics are beeping.
Hindsight is always 20/20. It was a very long day for me, left home at 4:45 in the morning to pick up two friends and head to my first NSL launch. I had three appointments on Sunday and really wanted to get back. After stumbling across the rocket, I made a split second decision and decided to carry on with the full intentions of finding the owner. Very fortunately I saw a posting on the forum as soon as I got home. Jdog13 has been very understanding and he WILL get his rocket back. Second guessing is easy now.
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