Category Archives: Launch Reports

September Launch Report

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The September launch was perfect weather for flying. Plenty of sun and little to no wind. WE had a level 1 cert flight by Zoe Jerusha Beepat, she showed up with a group from RIT. Zoe flew a rocket called Reverse Flash on a AT h238. Congrats on your certification. Also Chris Conley attemted his level 2 cert. Which I’m sorry to say the flight was not successful Well here is the count of what was flown this gorgeous weekend. T……….10 1/2A….2 A……….3 B……….13 C……….29 D……….11 E……….14 F……….9 G………12 H………10 … Continue reading →

August 2017 Launch Report

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We had some nice weather on Saturday and Sunday or the launch. Clouds and Sun for Saturday with some winds. And mostly sunny on Sunday it some winds. The clean up crew was spectacular and the trailer is pack well. we had two cert flights weekend, Owen Torres achieved his level 1 with a rocket called BOB. His flight was on a H110 cti. Dan MacNeal achieved his level 2 with a rocket called Binger Design by Exall kit. His flight was on a J270 w. congratulations on the flights. … Continue reading →

July 2017 Launch Report

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Sorry this is a little late, was a little under the weather last week. okay a lot under the weather. Saturday was a bit wet in the beginning but dried out by the time we were ready to fly. The sun and clouds were a mixture all day. We had Touch of rain when we finishing up flying for the day, but we had great weather for the pot luck dinner. And the full moon showed up. Sunday was pretty much the same but with no rain. Still we had … Continue reading →

June 2017 Launch Report

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This weekend proved to have plenty of sun on both days. Unfortunately the winds on Saturday kept a lot of high flights to about 1500 feet initially. Later we were able go higher. We still had winds on Sunday but high power flights were not limited On Saturday, we had three TARC teams show up to fly, Buffalo Science Academy, International School for the Arts, and Southside 93. We were also expecting four Scout troops to show up, but only two arrived. Troop 677 from Allegany, and their sister troops … Continue reading →

NYPOWER-21 Launch Report

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We had a fantastic weekend. Hardly any wind cool temperatures, and clouds. But as Saturday and Sunday progressed, the clouds left and we were able to shoot to the waiver.Monday started with rain, then stopped around 10am. We had a mix of sun and rain for the rest of the day. Saturday we had our second annual night launch, Im happy to say we had 33 night launches. A great improvement over last years. we had many different lighting schemes. I cannot chose which was my favorite, but they all … Continue reading →

2016 Launch Summary

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This summary is for the season of 2016, it does not include NYPOWER flights. I do not have the records of that weekend. The motor counts are as follows. T………..47 1/2 A…..7 A………..52 B………..82 C………..108 D………..35 E………..25 F………..43 G……….50 H……….25 I………..10 J………..6 K………..7 L………..1 Unknown…..10 2 stagers……5 Helicopters…4 Tumble………12 Gliders……….4 Clusters……. 2 eng…..2 3 eng…..2 4 eng…..2 5 eng…..1 ( this was a compound cluster ) The only level one cert we had was on New Years Day, when Peter flew his rocket into the only blue patch of sky we had … Continue reading →

October 2016 launch report

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This was probably the warmest October launch since  I joined the club. The weather did not disappoint and gave us some more wind and rain. On Saturday Cub Scout pack 152 showed up and flew with us, the boys had a good time. Greg showed them how to pack their rockets. Also on Sunday we celebrated Tom M. Birthday. Mary Beth baked a very delicious cake for the occasion and Bill did his best imitation of Marylin  Monroe singing Happy Birthday Mister President. We had a very good time with that. We had … Continue reading →

September 2016 Launch Report

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Well once again we had a Saturday that was a little wet, and we shut the range down around 3:00. Sunday was a little better, but higher winds wanted  to push all the rockets into the beans, except Jacksons’ Beanseeker rocket. the rocket never found the beans. And Evan after couple of years finally managed to fly the fins off of his Maxim Alpha 3. We had a TARC. team from Immaculate conception show up and do their practice flights. Cub scout pack 272 from Cheektowaga showed up and flew for … Continue reading →

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For the weekend we had plenty of sunshine for both days. The winds were strong on Saturday but not strong enough to shut the range down. we had a few high power flights, and a decent showing of low power flights.  A group of scouts showed up and flew there Alphas. Sunday was almost a perfect day, plenty of sun and almost no wind. We saw more high power flights. what little breeze that showed up was only the results of thermals moving through the area. We had a couple … Continue reading →

June 2016 Launch report

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For those who showed up and braved the high winds on both saturday and Sunday.  Thank you. Well everyone knows that we did not have a very good turnout this weekend. The weather was cloudy at the start but most of the clouds left by mid afternoon Saturday. And Sunday was mostly sunny but the wind on both days was a bit high and forced a early shutdown on Sunday. We did have a couple a groups show to fly with us on Saturday. One group was from a sixth grade … Continue reading →