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Model Forum / General / Rockets / June 2004Woah! Roc Lake - an HPR dream
A member of our local rocket club sent out a description of what he's hoping to be a part of at Roc Lake VII. Here's a link to the Feature Flights. http://www.lethbridgerocketry.com/roclake/ Check out the ATHA Rocketry Team's project. 47,000 ft !!! And these folk are hobbyists ?!! Whoah! Dwayne Surdu-Miller SAROS #1 Oops. They're professionals. My apologies. I guess it depends on what you call professional. I don't think they've ever made money launching rockets. one member of ATHA builds rocket electronics I think as a sideline to his day job. I would say they are pro hobbyists. Layne Rossi CAR S767 L2 TRA 10077 L1 Goin' to Roc Lake this week! > Oops. They're professionals. My apologies. Great bunch of guys! Can't wait to see their bird go! Well as far as we will see it! ;) Starting the journey to RocLake tomorrow! :)  Signature============= Jason Andersen CAR S576 L3 TRA 10017 L2 > I guess it depends on what you call professional. I don't think they've ever > made money launching rockets. one member of ATHA builds rocket electronics I [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > > Oops. They're professionals. My apologies. Hey, thanks for the comments guys. Nope, we are just regular folks with dreams. We are trying to market some of the electronics we have developed through our "fill the need" process, actually just our AGTS Gps tracking stuff. Wayne Hortensius, The guy that builds rocket electronics was building the FC-877 before we formed our group. What can I say, he has a really good flight computer so we asked him to help us with our big projects. Through that we have incorporated some neat enhancements in the FC. The long burn N on top with about a 12-13 sec burn, should let us see it to at least 20,000 feet after that you need really good eyes<g>....or use a video down link....or GPS.....damm I hope we get this thing back. We are still doing some last minute testing of ejection charges for high altitude stuff. Seems tonight we finally found the answer..... See you at Roc Lake, Atha Beer Tent Saturday night!!!!! David Buhler > Great bunch of guys! Can't wait to see their bird go! Well as far as we will > see it! ;) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > > Oops. They're professionals. My apologies. I hope you get the first stage back at least, because I need the motor casing for my flight! Wonder of wonders, I actually finished the booster today, which is one day ahead of time... I'll try not to make a habit of this. Mind you, there's another half day or so on site to finish it, where myriad things could go wrong. And probably will with my track record. See you there. Arriving Thursday afternoon. Mike Dennett > Hey, thanks for the comments guys. Nope, we are just regular folks with > dreams. We are trying to market some of the electronics we have developed [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > at least 20,000 feet after that you need really good eyes<g>....or use a > video down link....or GPS.....damm I hope we get this thing back. > I hope you get the first stage back at least, because I need the motor > casing for my flight! Wonder of wonders, I actually finished the booster [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Mike Dennett Hey Mike! Are there going to be any CTI folks at LDRS this year? I won't (sniff) be at Roc Lake, but will be at LDRS. Dave Ross will be flying his Delta Clipper sustainer upscale on my N1500 hybrid this year--this is the big brother of the motor that he flew in the same rocket last year at Sullivan Lake (and you missed!). Other CTI folks may pop in here and there (Jeroen mentioned he was going to come down for part of the event), but we won't have a company booth. However both lines are represented by excellent dealers, so technical help will be readily available. I guess I should be at LDRS by rights, but I committed to providing some tech help at ROC Lake, and it overlaps LDRS this year (grumble grumble!). Luckily, this won't be an issue next year! Looking forward to seeing your big hybrid fly, though maybe I'll grab a burger while the tank is filling.. ;-) Cheers, Mike > > I hope you get the first stage back at least, because I need the motor > > casing for my flight! Wonder of wonders, I actually finished the booster [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > this year--this is the big brother of the motor that he flew in the > same rocket last year at Sullivan Lake (and you missed!). > A member of our local rocket club sent out a description of what he's > hoping to be a part of at Roc Lake VII. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Check out the ATHA Rocketry Team's project. 47,000 ft !!! And these > folk are hobbyists ?!! Whoah! sounds like a good start... SignatureTater President of MARS Club (NAR #660) www.mars-rocketry.com KC9ESF NAR #79654 L1 AMA #747769 EAA #703312 remove spam spelled backwards to reply "Dwayne Surdu-Miller" wrote: << Check out the ATHA Rocketry Team's project. 47,000 ft !!! And these folk are hobbyists?!! Whoah!>> The guys who recently launched the first amateur rocket into space (72 miles up) were also hobbyists. From the above mentioned website: "The two stage Altus/40 will launch at this year's Roc Lake 7 launch, Sat July 3, 2004. Planned apogee is over 47,000ft with a live video feed from the rocket to the ground using Amateur TV. Also onboard will be a number of ATHA Aerospace AGTS/1 GPS Telemetry systems and AFC-877 Flight Computers. They will also be carrying a separate payload that will use the AGTS/1 to radio down background radiation counts from a radiation monitor that Marcus Leach (of Propulsion Polymers fame) provided.">> Very cool! << They hope to have a school on board that will analyze the data after the launch.>> A whole school on board? That must be a huge rocket! ;) Seriously, looks like you guys have a great launch lined up. |
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