http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-lezw4iKEk
It’
s been five years since Roger and Bracha Smith took over the reigns of the online model rocketry retailer, JonRocket.com. To thank all of their customers for supporting the business, JonRocket.com is holding a sale event which runs through July 8.
Almost everything at JonRocket.com is on sale with savings of up to 50% off the store’s regular low prices. As always, orders of $48 or more to US addresses ship for free while Florida residents can get free shipping on orders of $20 or more by entering the discount code FLORIDA at checkout.
Thunderstorms threatened, but stayed to the east. So, only a few sprinkles of rain interrupted the June, 2014, NEFAR rocket launch.
The threat of storms kept some fliers at home, so there weren’t as many large rockets launch as usual. But, we had a number of Civil Air Patrol cadets there flying smaller rockets. At times the wind was gusty, but sometimes it was so still that the exhaust from a rocket’s launch would just hang there for a while.
I flew my DJI Phantom 2 Vision quadcopter about a half-dozen times to record the low- and high-power launches from above. Here’s a short video I put together:
More than 75 flyers attended ROCK’s June 2014 launch!
Here’s a video I made of the launch:
View additional photos of the launch in the June 2014 ROCK Launch Photo Album at RocketReviews.com.
I flew my quadcopter at the April, 2014, ROCK launch capturing aerial photos of the event. Visit the April ROCK Launch photo album at RocketReviews.com to view the collection of photographs.
The inaugural launch for the Astatula Rocketeers for Austerity (ARA) will be held at 10:00 AM on April 12, 2014, in Astatula, Florida, at the defunct Citrus Groves Estates next to Van Buren St. (behind Astatula Elementary).
Rocketeers will need to provide their own launch gear, but admission is free. The field supports 1/8 A through G motors.
I’ve uploaded some photos from the National Association of Rocketry’s 2014 NARCON convention in Cocoa Beach, Florida, to RocketReviews.com’s Photo Album.
The three-day convention featured dozens of technical sessions, a lunch with local space legends, a vendor room, a dinner with three astronauts, and a behind-the-scene tour of Cape Canaveral.
Vern Estes and his wife, Gleda, will be guests at the upcoming National Association of Rocketry conference, NARCON 2014.
Born in St Joseph, Missouri, on January 4, 1930, Vernon Estes founded the most successful model rocket company, Estes.
Vern’s father owned Mile High Fireworks of Denver, Colorado, where Vern worked. Approached by G. Harry Stine and Orville Carlisle of Model Missiles Incorporated (MMI), Vern accepted the challenge of building a machine to automate the process of manufacturing model rocket motors.
Operated remotely and powered with compressed air, “Mabel,” as Vern nicknamed the machine, produced a rocket motor in 5.5 seconds.
When MMI folded a few years later, Estes formed Estes Industries to produce model rocket kits, parts, and motors.
Estes sold his interest in Estes Industries in 1969.
NARCON 2014 will be held February 28 through March 2 in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
On Saturday, NEFAR held their last launch of the year. With overcast skies and a brisk wind, turn-out was low. But, a few diehards launched rockets large and small.
Here’s a video I produced of the launch using a Phantom 2 Vision quadcopter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wzFGknFXM