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SpaceX Makes Rocket Flight History
Posted by mike
May 22, 2012
On Tuesday, May 22, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule on a demonstration flight towards the International Space Station. The launch occurred at 3:44 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
During the flight, the Dragon capsule will conduct a series of check-out procedures to test and prove its systems, including the capability to rendezvous and berth with the space station. Planned evaluations include a flyby of the station at a distance of approximately 1.5 miles to validate the operation of sensors and flight systems necessary for a safe rendezvous and approach. The spacecraft also will demonstrate the ability to abort the rendezvous. Once Dragon successfully proves these capabilities, it will be cleared to berth with the space station.
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Upcoming Events
Posted by mike
May 22, 2012
Rocketeers,
Heavenly Hobbies is sponsoring the July 4th celebration contest at our July 1st launch.  It will be a C-class SuperRoc Altitude contest.  Don #8217;t know what a SuperRoc contest is?  Check out the rules on the NAR site.  http://www.nar.org/pinkbook/21_SRA.html  The basics of SuperRoc are you need a tall skinny rocket.  For a C engine, it has to be between 125 and 250 CM.  That #8217;s about 49 to 98 inches.  This will test your building skills because something that tall and skinny will want to bend and break under the load of a C engine.  I already have my rocket ordered. 
Our June 3rd launch will be practice for a set duration flight.  For this, let #8217;s target 45 seconds.  I will again offer an Estes Alpha III as the prize.
On June 2nd, CENJARS has been asked to do a talk and demo for about 300 Scouts at the Citta Scout Reservation.  The camp is located near Barnegat, NJ.  I would appreciate a little help with setup, talk, and launching a few rockets.  They want two demos, one at 5PM and one about 6PM.  It #8217;s a bit of a drive and the traffic probably won #8217;t be great.  The big issue is that it #8217;s a really small field.  Streamers and tumble recovery along with no larger than an A motor would be the best choices.  Please let me know if you are interested.  I will get you more details.
Happy flying,
Charlie (ckirlew@att.net)
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May 6th Launch Summary
Posted by mike
May 8, 2012
As reported by Jose:
Yesterday started as a typical Sunday in Wall/Belmar. It was gray and windy, barely conducive to flying model rockets, or to getting people out of bed for that matter. But then something marvelous happened. The clouds cleared, old man Sun made an appearance, people started showing up and we ended up with a SPECTACULAR flying day! But don’t take my word for it; I have the stats to prove it:
Impulse Class
Engines Used
1/2 A
2
A
5
B
16
C
20
D
1
E
4
F
2
In total, we had 48 flights with a couple of exiting 2-stage launches. More importantly, we had no lost rockets and no seriously damaged rockets either. By the way, the new Pratt launch controller is working great, with a lot less misfires than in previous launches.
Mr. President, Charlie Kirlew, celebrated Cinco de Mayo (belatedly) with his “Blazing Burrito” rocket. This was a darling creation based on an Estes Alpha, but wrapped with a real flour tortilla and plastic flames. I was impressed, but needed a couple of beers to wash it all down.
Ray “Black Ops” Godown has been gobbling up all the Estes Der Red Max (DRM) kits in the market and making all kinds of contraptions with them. I’ve seen stock DRM’s, 2-stage DRM’s, cluster DRM’s, upscale DRM’s, etc. What’s next? A Micro-Maxx DRM? Oh no!!!!! I just gave him ANOTHER idea!
Some club members have expressed an interest in NAR-type rocket competitions, so we conducted our first Open Spot Landing practice session. Jim Zindle took the honors, with a distance of 12’ 11” from the target. There is one thing I don’t get. How come there were people doing Open Spot Landing practice flight with C-class engines on 1- and 2-ounce rockets? Towards the end of the day, Jim unwrapped his LOC Onyx for a TRULY LOUD flight on a CTI F59. I can still hear the other club members hootin’ and hollerin’!!
Tyler came back to visit us and launched his Heavenly Hobbies Brutus a couple of times on Aerotech E15’s, for straight-as-an-arrow flights.  He toyed with the idea of using an F27, but, at the end, decided to wait for a calmer day. That’s the way to do it, son, quit while you are ahead!
Looking ahead to our July launch (7/1/2012), Heavenly Hobbies is sponsoring a Fourth of July celebration contest. The contest will be a C-class Superroc Altitude contest. Altitudes will we altimeter-based. Superroc has to meet NAR rules and you do have to bring your rocket back. A valuable prize will be awarded, winner takes all. So start building!
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Next Launch May 6th
Posted by mike
April 23, 2012
Our next launch will be at 12:30pm on Sunday May 6th at the 18th Avenue location.
Bring a Cinco DeMayo themed rocket to celebrate!
Hope to see you there!
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SOJARS Spring Fling Re-scheduled
Posted by mike
April 23, 2012
SOJARS spring fling contest launch was canceled due to bad weather,
However, the contest launch has a rain date, it will now be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29 from 10 am to 5 pm
We hope to see you there.
Bp Hobbies will be on site on Saturday as a sponsor/ vendor
Heavenly Hobbies will also be on site Sunday as a vendorp
See www.sojars.org for more details
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