OK then.
The TNT Texas Shootout ( TXSO ) is this weekend ( Sat May 25 - Mon May 27, 2024 ).
I've got three potential flights in mind.
1 - T'Pring's P'Toy on I211W to 6239 ft
2 - Spock's Johnson on I435T to 6319 ft
3 - Nocturnal Missions on K110T to 8856 ft
I ran GPS Driftcast v2.2 for Sat and Sun on T'Pring's P'Toy.
As of this morning, Saturday looks pretty iffy, wind-wise.
This is a screenshot of my GPS DriftCast WorkBook:
And this is the kml file overlaid on googleearth with a ruler on the 10:00 am ground track:
Eek !
I am not intimately familiar with the site but I believe that might be the Brazos River up there by all those landing pins ...
EDIT: Nope it is just a creek ... the Brazos runs N-S about 3-4 miles east of the Rocket Ranch Launch Site ...
Sunday looks MUCH better using this morning's forecast:
And the rocket should land in the "ideal" recovery area:
The downside is that I need to leave Seymour on Sunday morning or early afternoon at the latest.
Maybe I should finish Hedley Labar and send him on F67W EconoJet motors to 1150 ft to test HED with Tinder Piranha Line Cutters
I'll be checking the winds later today and tomorrow eve ... maybe things will improve.
Any which way, I will be sure to report after the weekend.
-- kjh
EDIT: added a gratuitous pic of Hedley