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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]

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]

If you have any questions about ROCK, please contact us using the form below. [More]

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]

We thought that you should be aware of a voluntary recall on the Estes X15 RTF rocket. Here is the notice from Estes: We are offering a voluntary recall on the X15. Please allow us to replace the rocket. You may choose from any of the... [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 has always offered a great selection of kits & supplies and excellent service. Now, ROCK... [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) 461-4683 on the day of the launch to confirm the current launch status. Launches are cancelled... [More]

ROCK launches are held at the Barr Street entrance of the Little-Big-Econ State Forest on Country Road 426 in Oviedo. To find the launch site, follow Country Road 426 east from Oviedo towards Geneva. The Barr Street entrance is about 3/4 of a mile... [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 high recommend it because of cost savings. If you are... [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]

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 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]

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 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]

  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]

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 sponsors rocket launches on the first Saturday of each month at the Barr Street entrance of... [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]