Orlando ROCK Launch, May 7, 2016

It was a busy launch day with many fliers. The weather was cool for this time of year and no humidity! The winds were up though. Kirby was busy retrieving the rockets he could reach with his extension pole. 

The Odd'l prototype KOKPELLI had a second flight with a B6-4.
Straight launch and recovery with no damage under a 15" parachute with spill hole.
Estimated altitude was 275'.







Caden and his Dad Jason joined us today.
Caden flew his "Herbie the Love V2" with a D12-3 engine.






This is my rarely flown Quest DC-Y SPACE CLIPPER.
It's a card stock conical stability rocket that uses a lot of nose weight. The kit dates back to 1993.
The Estes C6-3 gave it a straight boost with a lot of smoke under the base. Estimated altitude was 300'.
At ejection both chutes deployed but the main body chute took a while long to open. The nose cone came down slowly under it's own 14' chute.



Manuel Mejia, Jr. gave away a box of Estes A8-3 single pack engines.
These were accumulated from the Dade County Schools Technical Education Programs. Manuel inherited the engines after rocketry was replaced with computer and robotics programs.
Rather than have them thrown into a landfill, Manuel brought them to the ROCK launch and let the kids have their pick!
Thanks Manuel, you made a lot of kids happy.

Danielle Moon launched her dad Steve's Odd'l Rockets Little Green Man with a B6-4 engine.

Steve did a great job on the finish, decals and trim!







Mario Sr. and Mario Jr. Alverado launched their "Race To The Sky" twice today. The rocket was part of Mario Jr's school project to compare the performance of different nose cone shapes. Inside the clear champagne glass nose cone you can see the altimeter and parachute.





The Odd'l Rockets F-17 had a third launch with an Estes B6-4 to 350'.
The parachute didn't quite eject and the model fell horizontally with no damage.

My also flowns:
An odd-ball two stager called the "BLACKBIRD BAKED IN A PIE".
It's a Birdie sitting on a RRR Pie In The Sky.
A very old B6-0 cato'd, blowing through too early. It still ignited the A10-3t in the Birdie but veered to the North. Worth a few laughs and repairable.