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Yearly Archives: 2009
Launch Reports
9th AUGUST 2009 (Members Launch)
At the 9th August members launch day a total of 17 members were flying rockets and five other members attended but didn’t launch. A total of 69 motors were fired. One new member joined the club on the day.
The motor count was as follows:
A – 5
B – 8
C – 13
D – 9
E – 14
F – 7
G – 7
H – 4
K – 1 (first K motor launched at the QRS)
11th JULY 2009 (Public Launch)
At the 11th July public launch day there where 63 launches, 11 of which were maiden flights. There was our biggest crowd of spectators ever, with an estimated attendance of around 2,000 people. Five new members joined the club on the day (or shortly there after).
The motor count was as follows:
A – 2
B – 4
C – 12
D – 7
E – 11
F – 9
G – 14
H – 1
I – 1
J – 2
The QRS Visits to local schools in April and May
A teacher from the Chisholm Catholic College of Cornubia invited the Queensland Rocketry Society to deliver a presentation on Friday 24th April '09 to about 10 of his students who study physics. When Ari, Blake, George and Petar arrived, the teacher invited other teachers who were also interested in attending. All of a sudden, about 120 students their teachers joined the presentation.
Petar delivered an excellent presentation on rockets, which includes many topics from the Apollo moon landing to the space shuttle. Meanwhile, Ari set-up an Estes Patriot for a launch on an Estes B6-4 motor. As soon as Petar finished his presentation all the students joined in the counted down and the Patriot leapt into the sky, accompanied by loud cheers and clapping.
Next Ari showed the students a range of hobby rockets from low-power up to high-power, including his recently completed Intimidator-4. Petar explained some more about how model rockets work while Ari set-up the Patriot for another launch; this time on bigger motor, an Estes C6-3. The second launch prompted even louder applause and lots of "Wow's" from the senior students. Although this was the conclusion of the official presentation, some of the teachers had one-on-one conversations about rocketry for another half an hour.
It was another rewarding experience and the students obviously enjoyed it very much!
On Wednesday 6th May '09, Ari, Blake, Pavi Brendan and Petar visited Flagstone Community College to deliver a similar presentation to four teachers and about 150 students. A photographer from the local Jimboomba Times newspaper also came along to capture the story in writing and photographs.
Petar delivered his usual fantastic presentations and Ari orchestrated two launches of the Estes Patriot just before it started to drizzle with light rain. Amazingly, the heavy rain held off just long enough for us to finish our presentation and demonstration launches.
If you would like the Queensland Rocketry Society to visit your local school to deliver an educational presentation about rockets, including a demonstration of a model rocket, please telephone Mr Ari Piirainen on 0412 650 682.
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Photo Gallery for 11th April 2010 Launch
The photos of the April 2010 launch were taken by Brendan Pratt.
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Photo Gallery for 14th March 2010 Launch
The photos of the March 2010 launch were taken by Leigh Metzroth and Len Forsyth.
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Photo Gallery for 14th February 2010 Launch
The photos of the February 2010 launch were taken by Brendan Pratt, Leigh Metzroth and Len Forsyth.
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Launch Report – 11th January 2009
A slight breeze did try to build at 7:00am but it subsided again by 9:30am. The thin cloud cover burned off throughout the morning as the temperature steadily climbed to 28 degrees.
The rockets started firing around 7:30am and launches continued at a steady pace from five separate launch pads until noon. Trevor Beach recently completed construction of the club’s new 8-channel launch controller and brought it along for its first live test. It performed faultlessly, even under the demands of clustered motors and a drag race. Excellent work Trevor!
There were a total of 65 launches made by 55 different rockets. Almost half of them (24 to be precise) were maiden flights. That was probably due to the windy weather in previous months and the extra time we had over the Christmas holidays to build rockets. Twelve (12) of the rockets launched on Sunday were scratch designs. The motor statistics are shown bellow: Approximately 30 people attended the launch day of which there were 17 people actually flying rockets. Two new members also signed-up with the club at the launch. Welcome aboard Ken and Wayne!
Three (3) club members attempted their Tripoli Rocketry Association Level-1 High-power certifications with H-class motors and all three were successful. Congratulations guys! Now you can start studying and building for your Level-2 certifications. The QRS now has 7 members certified up to Level-1 and 4 members certified up to Level-2.
We would like to thank the members who volunteered their time and effort to the make it a fantastic day of rocketry fun.
The next QRS launch day will be held on Sunday 8th February. This will be another member’s only launch day. The next big public launch day will be on Sunday 8th March.
Photo Gallery for 10th January 2010 Launch
The photos of the January 2010 launch were taken by Brendan Pratt and Leigh Metzroth.
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