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ROCK Fall Open 2008 - A NAR sanctioned Open Meet! Get out your contest birds and prepare to fly next month at ROCK! Date: November 1, 2008 Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Events:   1/2A RG (Rocket Glider) 1/4A PD (Parachute Duration) 1/2A... [More]

Based on past TARC surveys, we have also realized that young people visit YouTube a lot, so AIA has established a TARC presence on YouTube. Their site has on it the entire "How to Build and Fly a Model Rocket" training video for TARC teams,... [More]

Registration is now open for the world's largest rocket contest -- the Team America Rocketry Challenge--challenging participants to compete for $60,000 in prizes and scholarships and a trip to next year's international air show in Paris. ... [More]

ROCK Section 622 Annual Business Meeting July 2010 The following notes are supplied by Brian Coyle in lieu of the Secretary's absence and are provided in unedited form for your information.  Thank you Brian!! Agenda  o... [More]

Robb Haskins sent an email to the Club leadership letting us know that a Rocket film called "Aerojet Dade: An unfinished Journey" will be screened at the Central Florida Film Festival, Friday September 4, at 11:15am- 12:10pm and... [More]

ROCK Section 622 Annual Business Meeting July 2010 Agenda  o  Call to order /welcome --   Called to order at approx. 10:40   In attendance:  Brian, Robb, Roger, Chris, Carl   o  Old... [More]

Model Rocket clubs post their launch information in several places.  If your search online (Google it!) doesn't help, may we suggest contacting the following: National Association ... [More]

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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No, you are welcome to attend one of our launches even if you are not a member of ROCK. We are required to collect a $1 park usage fee from each person attending the launch. If you wish to launch your own rockets, there is an additional $5 launch... [More]

You can save time at the field by downloading and printing your own launch cards at home. Download Launch Card You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the launch card. If you would like to download a copy of the launch... [More]

Essence's Model Rocketry reviews and Resources EMRR features a lot of helpful information and tools to enhance your experience with model Rocketry.  Check out their site and perhaps even win a prize!  http://www.rocketreviews.com/ [More]

Current Department of Forestry Fire Danger information can be found at: http://flame.fl-dof.com/fire_weather/KBDI/index.html [More]

This 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]

You can join ROCK at one of our monthly launches by filling out a simple form and paying your annual dues. ROCK's annual dues are $15 per family or $10 per family if at least one family member is a NAR member with ROCK listed as their "home"... [More]

ROCK is pleased to announce another benefit of membership! We've teamed up with JonRocket.com to participate in their 'Virtual Vendor' program. JonRocket.com has always offered a great selection of kits & supplies and excellent service. Now, ROCK... [More]

On March 16, 2009, Judge Reggie Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia made a final ruling in the case of Tripoli Rocketry Association, Inc. and National Association of Rocketry v. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco &... [More]

ROCK launches are held the first Saturday of each month starting at 9:30 am. If you are unsure of the weather, please call our "Status Hotline" at (407) 588-7401 on the day of the launch to confirm the current launch status. Launches are cancelled... [More]

We are pleased to once again have access to the Barr St. field at Little Big Econ State Forest due to the gracious help of several folks in Seminole County. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to those who made it possible for us to... [More]

ROCK's annual dues are $15 per family or $10 per family if at least one family member is a NAR member with ROCK listed as their "home" section. We don't require membership to launch but highly recommend it because of cost savings. If you are... [More]

NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, is conducting a naming contest for its... [More]

The launch date for the Northeast Florida Association of Rocketry's February launch in Bunnell, Florida, has been changed to February 7 - the same day as our ROCK launch. NEFAR was forced to change their launch date because of the Daytona 500... [More]

Hans "Chris" Michielssen created a  New Rocketry Construction Website to present modeling and construction tips for young and old alike.  It's listed in two places on the ROCK Forum also, but you can find it... [More]

The MSU Space Cowboys Middle School Launch Challenge is a contest for middle school students (6-8th grades) to design, build, test, and fly a rocket with a scientific payload to 800 ft. AGL. Emphasis will also be placed on two written papers that... [More]

Bob's Hobby Center 540 North Goldenrod Road Orlando, FL 32807 (407) 277-1248 www.bobshobbycenter.com Michael's Multiple Local Stores www.michaels.com Central Florida Hobbies 5600 W Colonial Dr #310 (at Kirkman Rd.) (407)... [More]

For a limited time you can download pdf pages and instructions for building your own X-15! Try out your hand at a papermodel to flying rocket conversion. Typically a conversion involves strengthening the body tube, creating a nose cone from... [More]

Minutes of the R.O.C.K. Annual Business Meeting June 2, 2007 Rocketry of Orlando's Community Kids Call to order Brian Coyle called the meeting to order at 10:20AM. 9 members and officers were present. Officer Reports Treasurer... [More]

January 26, 2008 Call to order / Welcome  Brian called to order our meeting at 10:15AM.  Five members were in attendance.  Old business RTF rockets: Russ Mozier made a donation to the Club of some Quest RTF kits. Brian... [More]

As part of their six-week summer program, the kids at Sunny Side Children's Village in St. Cloud built and flew rockets. ROCK volunteers were enlisted to supervise the construction, pass along some rocketry tidbits and assist with... [More]

A January edition of the Seminole Chronicle features a two-page article about ROCK. The reporter, Whitney Hamrick, did a marvelous job capturing the whole experience of the club launch and the photographs are striking. The newspaper is... [More]

Russ Mozier set up a ROCK merchandise shop on cafe press for us to share our affiliation in style! So not only can you "wear your colors" but you can also support ROCK--Cafe Press will send a portion of merchanidse cost to us. Our shop... [More]

Russ Mozier set up a ROCK merchandise shop on cafe press for us to share our affiliation in style! So not only can you "wear your colors" but you can also support ROCK--Cafe Press will send a portion of merchanidse cost to us. Our shop... [More]

On Saturday June 7th 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 until... [More]

ROCK members attend 2007 Winter Nationals launch. Several ROCK Section members traveled to West Palm Beach in January for the annual TRA Winter Nationals launch. This event is hosted by the Florida Space modelling Association/Tripoli West Palm... [More]

The Hobby Shop James M. Carter Propa Place Hobby Shop Inc. 329 S. Washington Ave. Titusville, FL. 32796 Phone/fax: 321.267.5999 Facebook Site I maintain accounts for hi and medium power rocketry supplies so if I don't have it on the... [More]

The Tripoli Tampa Rocketry Association (TTRA) has a acquired a new field and is launching (with a waiver to 12,000') on the third Saturday of each month. The new field is located north of Plant City, approximately eight miles north of I-4. Maps... [More]

Did you know that UCF students are involved in a Sub Orbital Rocket Project? The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) have an aggressive 2009 schedule to become the first student rocket enterprise to reach the edge of... [More]

NAR Contest in May   ROCK is having an open NAR contest.    Nick has volunteered to be Contest Director for a NAR sanctioned Open Meet in conjunction with the May 1st, 2010 ROCK launch.  The events would be as... [More]

At the TARC finals on May 19, NAR and 4H announced a national partnership. The purpose of this alignment is to get more kids to fly rockets and form rocket clubs which will lead to more TARC teams, more people joining NAR and more kids becoming... [More]

Local weather for Oviedo  This site supplies detailed weather conditions for periods of time including cloud ceilings, precipitation and wind predictions. [More]

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 holds launches on the first Saturday of each month at the Barr Street entrance to the... [More]

We had a great day at our new launch site. Turnout was small, probably due to the Labor Day holiday weekend. A total of ten flyers launched 38 successful flights- no rockets were captured by rocket-eating trees! Winds were light and variable,... [More]

We had a great day of flying at the October launch! Many new faces and a few new section members. Welcome to all, hopefully your first time experience will result in many return visits! We logged 62 flights across motor classes A thru G, a few... [More]

We had another great day of flying!Welcome to all, particularly Tom, Madeleine, and Jack C., hopefully your first time experience will result in many return visits! Thanks to Winston C. for your help yesterday in assisting as LCO! We logged 44... [More]

Another day of great flying! Welcome to all! Gliders and copters were definitely out today. We logged 63 flights across motor classes A thru F. With minimal wind and partly cloudy skies, we had prime flying conditions for the gliders and... [More]

Wow! What a wonderful way to start the New Year- flying rockets! The unseasonably great weather not only attracted many Section regulars and a few old-timers, but also some new faces! WELCOME! We had twenty flyers and spectators and launched so... [More]

After losing our opportunity to fly in February because of the weather, we were really excited to be able to fly in March. Though the lower cloud ceiling and higher wind in the morning cause us to limit our flying to smaller engines, but the... [More]

We were really excited to be able to fly in April with absolutely clear blue skies. The higher and variable direction winds in the morning caused us to limit our flying to smaller engines, but the afternoon, we were in full swing launching several... [More]

We were really excited to be able to fly this month. As you may recall from our June meeting, we are now flying year round, and started the new cycle with this launch. We also decided to set up earlier to avoid the potential of early afternoon... [More]

Today was different! Besides the reality that many of our regulars were unable to join us, we had several new faces at the launch. Welcome David and Andrew P, the Charleton family visiting from Phila, Jay and Brandon, and Trent, Alex, and Andrew... [More]

Greetings after another WARM Saturday of fun in the sun flying rockets! Our turnout today was about average in terms of numbers but certainly not with regard to flying! Glad to have you all out after the soggy field in August!... [More]

Greetings after a BEAUTIFUL Saturday of fun in the sun flying rockets!  The moderate temperatures finally arrived!  Only the moderate Southerly (up to 10 MPH) winds gave us some challenges and we did lose a few rockets to the trees and... [More]

What a great day at the field! We had Sunny skies until mid-afternoon, and it was a bit windy above 100 feet, but we still had a great time. This launch was dominated by the Steamer Spot landing contest. We had a number of other fun flights, but... [More]

We had a slightly smaller turn out than usual (possibly due to the New Years holiday), but that didn't limit the fun or number of flights! In addition, we had guests from the Seminole Chronicle covering the launch. An outstanding article with... [More]

What a full and fun day This launch day we had a great turnout and lots of fun predicting our flight durations. While we had some durations go longer (and farther - into the trees) than we hoped, we still managed to only lose two... [More]

Blue skies, Temperatures in the 70's, minimal winds, open fields, quiet... wait, except for the occasional whoosh of  a rocket leaving the pads--yes--that was today at ROCK's monthly launch! A perfect day allowed for many really nice... [More]

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]

We 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]

This launch Saturday was a great day. Winds were either from the east or non-existent. We did have some flights into the woods, but to my knowledge all but one was recovered. Our first launch of the day was a sweet little Swift on an A engine.... [More]

Today was a bit unusual in that we did our normal monthly launch on a Thursday. Our purpose was two-fold: 1) to avoid the association of Model Rocketry with fireworks and 2) to accommodate the launching of a second set of rockets built by kids... [More]

The launch Saturday was great! We found it to be a typical August day in Florida - hot! Winds were either from the west which would have typically meant no tangle with the trees to the West of the field. Still, we did have two flights into... [More]

The launch Saturday was great!  What a beautiful day for the first of our fall launches!  Winds from the North East were significant and contributed to several smaller rockets leaving the field and entering the woods.  Over 30... [More]

We live in Florida for this kind of day!   Winds from the North/ North East on this beautiful day were significant and contributed to several smaller rockets leaving the field and entering the woods/brush.  As far as I know,... [More]

What started out looking to be like a rainout, turned out to be another beautiful sunny day in Florida  The winds were low until the end of the day.  Weather cleared up early and we had a full day of flying.  The low turnout... [More]

Our first launch of 2009 was blessed with absolutely perfect rocket flying weather- temperatures in the high 70's and nearly no wind. We had 29 flyers and guests logging 80 flights. Welcome to the Maciaszek family, ROCK's newest... [More]

Today's launch was also blessed with beautiful rocket flying weather- temperatures in the 70's and low winds. Our flyer turnout was a bit lower than January.  Still we had a great time. The ROCK rocket contest yielded 5 entries of varying... [More]

For the third time this year, we were blessed with beautiful rocket flying weather- temperatures in the 70's and low winds-- except for one.  We had a micro burst "dust Devil" come through our spectator area inverting all 3 of... [More]

After forcing a scrub for April, the drought index dropped enough to allow our May launch to proceed as scheduled. Attendance started off light, but steadily grew thru the morning. The official event for the day was gliders, but the National... [More]

Unfortunately upon arriving at the field, we discovered the recent rains had not had time to drain away and it was too swampy for a safe launch. The tall grass hid the water from general view, but anywhere you stepped, was 2 or 3"... [More]

The launch Saturday was  a typical warm day in Florida!  Winds were from the west which would have typically meant no tangle with the trees to the West of the field.  Storm activity in the area got us a bit damp once, and cut... [More]

The launch Saturday was great!   Welcome newcomers!  Conrad, Benjamin, James, Paul, Carl, and Preston!  If I missed your name, forgive me!  With several of you, it was hard to get all of your names! Winds were... [More]

The February range was quiet. We didn't have a lot of flyers this time, but still had fun! Thanks to all who helped with the set up and tear down. You made a difference! Winds were still heavy and we did have a sprinkle which probably... [More]

Where's Tom when you need him? What kind of lousy excuse does he have for missing the March launch? Tom normally provides our Launch Recaps each month and does an excellent job of documenting all the excitement of the last launch. In March,... [More]

Where was Tom?   Marrying off his oldest daughter, that's where!  It's nice to be missed.  :)  Florida is ideal in March, particularly for Rocket launching.  Deep azure sky, cool temps, warm sun, just a... [More]

What a marvelous day for a launch.   Incredible weather, beautiful temps, mostly sunny sky.  Florida day in May.  Excellent.  Welcome newcomers!  We also are thankful to Nick R for hosting the ROCK May Open... [More]

The forecasted thunderstorms never made an appearance, so our June launch was a success. Chris's cardstock-clone of the Estes Orbital Transport flew on an A10 motor. He kept telling us to keep an eye on the glider, but it never separated... [More]

Today the thunderstorms did materialize in the early afternoon.  We never actually got wet because we decided to pull up stakes and shutdown when thunder could be heard   We had a brief stop with a slight shower in the morning,... [More]