The cut off to sign up for shirts was Monday. They should have a few spares though.
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We had a great time yesterday. We even had fun doing a stint as LCO and head raffle ticket puller. We had so much fun that my kids asked if we could stay for the night launch. So, took a break and got some pizza and came back around 6:30. We didn't get home until 10:45, but it was worth it. It was great spending time with ThirstyBarbarian. Thanks for saving me a spot.
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BTW: Your night flights were awesome. I'm sorry that the rocket was damaged, but it was really funny watching the the LEDs flying and then seeing the ejection charge pop. The good thing was it was easy to find everything in the dark.
Captain Low-N-Slow and I were all the way down at the west end of the line of camps, tarps, and pop-ups.
Timro was a few spaces closer to the LCO desk and I had the opportunity to check out his minimum diameter bird. If you've never seen any close up photos of his rockets I can tell you he is a meticulous builder.
I'm pretty sure I saw Chris Atteberry's L2 re-cert because a LOC Dooknob is pretty easy to spot...especially with a killer bee paint scheme...but I never ran into him on the field.
David Robb was present...how could he not be...he's the hardest working man in rocketry and travels all around the nearby states to attend/participate in launches. This iteration of the October Skies was the first time I don't recall actually not seeing any of his flights. He puts up a lot flights over the course of the day but I just didn't see them.
I had a nice chat with Gene Engelnau from Fruity Chutes and saw his 7.5"(?) stubby bird boost on an L Dark Matter motor which was the textbook definition of shock and awe.
A couple of local fliers from SARG were on the scene and I "helped" Dick J solder an LED strip on his Thumper Jr. Helped in the sense that I held the wires while he applied the solder. Unfortunately I didn't stay long enough to see the night launches.
Bay Area Rocketry was where I dropped a lot of money buying components for my Polecat Aerospace Goblin and other birds (FruityChutes 42" chute, 21" nomex blanket, I212SS motor, 3" couplers, 3" payload bay tube, etc.)
All in all I had a good time "rocket bonding" with like-minded individuals, shopping for rocketry gear, and watching a lot of awesome flights, but wish I could have put up at least one flight. The thought of my geezerly self dredging through the muck was a bit unappealing to me seeing as how I had driven down in the comfortable new car. Had I taken the Bronco, the story might have been different: More money spent on gas, less spent on rocketry gear, but I might have put a rocket up.
I"m three trips down to TCC and have only one flight to show for it.
Captain Low-N-Slow and I were all the way down at the west end of the line of camps, tarps, and pop-ups. We got there first Friday AM.
David Robb was present...how could he not be...he's the hardest working man in rocketry and travels all around the nearby states to attend/participate in launches. This iteration of the October Skies was the first time I don't recall actually not seeing any of his flights. He puts up a lot flights over the course of the day but I just didn't see them.
Hah! Then we did see each other but just didn't know it.On the flip side, my 14lb Formula 98 with dual deploy barely crossed the road, and the AV bay missed the irrigation ditch by only 18 inches. (I was the guy yelling at the kids to "put the rocket down! Don't touch it!"). No harm done, but it would have been expensive had the electronics taken a bath.
I forgot to post Thirsty's night launch video. Unfortunately I stopped the camera right before it lawn darted. It was really funny watching the stick on LEDs scatter and then the ejection charge went off a couple seconds later.
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I have got to stay for the night launch next time.
It's kind of a requirement to night launch on a sparky (when possible)
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My Partizon on a G80 skid (with 5 meters of 3-color LED tape)
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