Our next launch is June 7th The current status is Go for Launch!
 Status Hotline: (407) 461-4683 (Day of Launch Only)
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Welcome to ROCK!
ROCK is an Orlando-based club which encourages children and young adults to embrace the exciting, fun, safe, and educational hobby of sport rocketry.
ROCK sponsors rocket launches on the first Saturday of each month at the Barr Street entrance of the Little-Big-Econ State Forest. Launches start at 9:30 am and continue until about 3:00 pm. |
Current Launch Status
Our next launch is June 7th. The current status is Go for Launch! We're planning another NAR sanctioned launch for this day. >More Information! Current Weather ConditionsThe current conditions at the launch site are Fair with a temperature of 66 F (19 C) and air pressure of 30.12" (1020.2 mb). The relative humidity is 70%. Winds are from the Southeast at 7 mph. Visibility is 10.00 miles. (Last Updated on May 15, 12:53 am EDT) Detailed Weather Information |
Latest Articles:Launch Recap - May 3rd, 2008We got started a little late on Saturday, but that did not dampen the full day's launch! Later in the afternoon we felt a few drops as a small shower passed over, but that didn't stop the launch either. Winds were from the south giving us the... [More] Launch Recap - April 5th, 2008
Saturday was a nice but
windy day. Winds were from the south, so we had a good opportunity to fly into
the field for recovery. The winds became stronger in the higher altitudes. As
such, thehigher power rockets didn't fare well... [More] ROCK OPEN June 2008On Saturday April 5th 2008 ROCK Section #622 will hold a NAR sanctioned Open Meet. The meet will be held at our club's monthly launch at Little-Big-Econ State Forest on Country Road 426 in Oviedo.
The meet will begin at 10 am and will continue... [More] Upcoming R.O.C.K. Flying Events
February Launch Event -
Estimate Flight Time
Estimate your flight before launch, fly your rocket using a streamer as
recovery device and the person closest to their estimate wins. No
practice flights may be... [More] High-Speed Video of May's Rock LaunchThis video shows a number of rocket launches in slow motion. They were filmed at the May, 2008, ROCK launch using a Casio EX-F1 camera.
To view this video using your computer's media player software, click here.
[More] Congratulations go out to ROCK members!
Congratulations go out to ROCK members Carl Campbell and Chris Heffron! Each
successfully completed their High Power Level 1 certification at sister-section
NEFAR on Saturday April 12th.
Chris flew his newly acquired and gorgeously finished... [More] |
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