OAMC 10-Nov Launch photo's

[fox_racing_guy]

This is a new independent rocket club AKA Team Ohio, AKA Tripoli Mid-Ohio called Ohio Aerospace Modeling Consortium. They had their first fall season launch this past weekend and I was happy to be a part of it. Some of these pics will be out of order, I was using 2 cameras and didn't rearrange the album. This is the club website https://www.ohioaerospace.net/

Great turn out for a Ohio launch.

It was kinda breezy.

Jerry A, ready to fly his LOC Cruiser on a CTI K load.

Andrew K ready to fly his Wildman something on a K load.

Mr LDRS Chris Pearson ready to fly his rocket on a research K load.

Mark H prepping his rocket, motor was a L Redline.

My artsy fartsy shot.

My own rocket, our new kit at LOC/Precision the Big Cletus ready to fly on a J350. You can see my 2 on board cameras taped to the side here.

Unknown low power flight.

Unknown low power flight.

Mark C's rocket on a I-211

Mark H's rocket on a H (I think)

My Big Cletus on a J350.

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On board video of above flight.

Recovered about 3/4 of a mile away.

Jerry A's Cruiser on a K.

On the chute.

Chris Pearsons rocket on a research K350.

Unknown low power.

Low power drag race.

University of Cincinnati students watching one of their members flight.

U of C flight on a H.

Another U of C student flight on a H.

Unknown low power.

Joe G's rocket on a trio of CTI H loads.

Another shot, great job Joe!

More to come 25 photo limit per post.

 

[fox_racing_guy]

More.

Mark C's old school LOC 4 on a I 211 or 161, don't remember now.

Prepping for flight.

Unknown low power.

Unknown low power.

Another Chris Pearson rocket on a research K.

Unknown flier Skid.

Mark H's rocket on a L Redline.

Recovering.

I had a good time and look forward to the next one. I didn't fly either of my Warlocks due to the breezy conditions and single deploy configurations. I will try again in northern Ohio this weekend at the Sky Busters launch.

 

[Fishhead]

Unknown low power flight.

This is my Estes Optima clone on an Estes E9-4. I think the E9 represented itself well on Saturday. No CATOS, unlike the E12s which were going off like popcorn kernels.

 

[Fishhead]

Unknown low power.

FSI Voyager upscale powered by 2 Estes D12-5s.

More to come 25 photo limit per post.[/QUOTE]

Looking forward to them.:cool:

 

[fox_racing_guy]

Glad you could ID those Mr Fishhead, I forgot to post a link to the entire album https://picasaweb.google.com/106024938516969686208/OAMCRocketLaunch10Nov2012
I was going to post a link to the on board cameras that I used but the Ebay seller is sold out. They are the ones that look like lighters and there are other sellers that appear to offer the same unit, they are pretty easy to operate with only 1 button to use.

 

[Fishhead]

Glad you could ID those Mr Fishhead, I forgot to post a link to the entire album https://picasaweb.google.com/106024938516969686208/OAMCRocketLaunch10Nov2012
I was going to post a link to the on board cameras that I used but the Ebay seller is sold out. They are the ones that look like lighters and there are other sellers that appear to offer the same unit, they are pretty easy to operate with only 1 button to use.

Surprised to see them, in a good way.
I walked around with my keychain cameras in my sweatshirt pocket all day. Completely forgot they were there.

 

[JoeG]

Great photos Mark!! Thanks for coming down.

Also thanks to everyone who helped or participated in any way. We had many more participants than I expected. We weren't even sure if the corn would be off the field until Wednesday so we couldn't really advertise.

Last I heard there were 130 flights over the weekend and the winds caused several who were there to postpone until next time. Motors flown were every letter of the alphabet up to and including "N"

Our waiver is to 10,000' with call in windows to 18,000' MSL

We also baptized our new 32 pad launch system by Wilson FX, (thanks, Brad) It worked flawlessly and we have the capability to expand to 64 pads in the future. We thought long and hard before making this purchase. Nothing is more frustrating than to drive to a launch more than a few minutes away and wait around for the launch system to be fixed. After this weekend I am convinced the rewards far outweigh the costs. This is the same system they use at MidWest Power and the one that got LDRS out of trouble this year.

Check the website for upcoming launches. Hotels are close and overnight camping is permitted at the field.