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Gunter Launch went Well!

Big trucks fertilizing the field

Mud and natural cow fertilizer on half of it.

three 1-to-34 flight successes, several L1 certs!

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Gunter May.20 Northwest High School Rocketeers

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The next club meeting will be Saturday, June 03
Cross Timbers Family YMCA in Flower Mound; begins around 1pm.
at 2021 Cross Timbers Road. {west from 35E on 1171 (Main St. Lewisville), east of 2499 and Morris Rd.}

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### Upcoming DARS Launches ###

next Arlington Model Rocket Launch   Sun.June.04
Launch operations will be (probably) 8am until Noon, Summer Hours! ...
D-impulse and below ONLY. At the Arlington Launch Site.

launch at Gunter inJune is scheduled for the third Saturday Sat.Jun.17
launch operation hours: 10:00am to 3pm.
May start earlier if too HOT!
AS usual, when we launch at Gunter, we also fly Hi-Power.
Expect to stay under 3.5K AGL, unless you get more approved beforehand.
--> Directions to the Gunter flying field.

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May 20 Gunter Launch was Good!

As expected winds were a bit high 10-13mph, and out of the north, so recovery was always south.
AND the grass crop was GONE.
BUT the field had big trucks delivering fertilizer slurry, e.g. cow dung and mud.
The setup allowed the trucks to continue and we flew everything into the baled hay to the south.
Northwest High's Aerospace classes put up four 1-to-34 high power flights. Mostly successful; one never came back, and one did not survive its max-Q event.
Also we had five or so brave souls make Level-1 cert flights.
Congratulations everybody!
-- -- 2023-05-27 -- --

May Arlington Launch was a blast.

BUT the grass and weeds were TALL!,
We had a lot of good flights and many flyers, and some first time spectators. {Below is a Saturn-V model launching on a D12.}

. . . . . picture by John Palmer
Everybody seemed to have a good time.
[Except for the few rocketeers whose rockets tried to HIDE in the WEEDS!]
Some scouts, an American Rocket Contest finalist team taking data on parachute performance, regulars and newbies all flew and (mostly) recovered rockets till early afternoon.
Hopefully the city will cut the grass by next month <grin>
Next scheduled at Gunter, Sat.May.20
See y'all there, and Fly'em Safe!
-- -- 2023-05-13 -- --

April Gunter Launch Canceled!
No Launch this month

Expected winds now above 16mph,
AND the grass crop to high to drive on,
make our launch site unusable this month.
So, we have to cancel out this weekend's launch event.
Next up is the Arlington launch, Sun.May.07
Next scheduled at Gunter, Sat.May.20
See y'all there, and Fly'em Safe!
-- -- 2023-04-13 -- --

TARC score deadline is Passed!
(it was April 3!)

DARS had a good last minute launch Saturday March 25 Overall all we had three schools show up and make about a dozen practice flights.
All the teams that attended got to finish off their qualification attempts.
Good Luck TARC teams. Let's go to the finals in D.C.
-- -- 2023-04-11 -- --

TARC FLYERS AGAIN, AGAIN!

Let's try this ONE MORE TIME!   A special last minute launch window was scheduled for Saturday March 25.
This was the Last Scheduled DARS launch before your official scores are required on Mon.Apr.03.
The weather was much better than last week. (not hard)
And we had 7 different schools, 10 total teams and 47 flights. 10 of those flights were qualifying attempts.
We got to record some VERY good results.
Fly'em Safe!
-- -- 2023-03-20 -- --

TARC FLYERS AGAIN!

NOTE: Saturday March 18 was the LAST scheduled DARS launch window available before your official scores are required on Mon.Apr.03.
The weather Saturday was not NICE. Winds above 10mph all day But Mother-Nature looks to make the rest of the month very-bad rocket flying weather.
We will try to fit other flight opportunities into any viable slots. Lots of TARC teams got a workout from recovering a LONG WAY away, but we had some good flights too.
See above ^^^ We look to have one more launch window next week.
Fly'em Safe!
TARC score deadline is April 3!
-- -- 2023-03-16 -- --

TARC FLYERS!
771 Scout Barn, Sat.Feb.25

Rain held off, winds from the northeast and east, when there was any wind at all.
Gave us great straight up flights and recovery.
Special TARC fight window for teams in the area. Weather was a bit cool, but wind was completely a non factor.
There were three schools and five TARC teams practicing till about 5pm. A bunch of lift-offs, but we only had two 'official' flight attempts. TARC score deadline is April 3!
-- -- 2023-02-23 -- --

Gunter on Sat.Feb.18
Launch went well

Weather held off, cool but not too cold. Winds cooperated until 2pm, then blew us off the field.
Not much mud, only one team had to visit the lake for recovery. Had lots of TARC flights and many first time model flyers. And all of us old-timers. <grin>
-- -- 2023-02-19 -- --

Two-in-a-Row! The 2nd Arlington
launch of 2023 was again Wonderful!

Wonderful weather, lots of rocketeers, loads of FUN
Over twenty-five vehicles parked on the small field by noon. Many newcomers and plenty of us old-timers as well. Another very good, very fun launch happening.
Next: see you up in Gunter <weather permitting>
Modroc and Hi-Pwr Launch, Sat.Feb.18
-- -- 2023-02-14 -- --

Jan.21 Gunter Launch went well!

Weather doesn't always win? The expected rain was just a spritzing, the expected cold was a bit warmer with afternoon sunshine, and the expected high winds were under 10mph instead, all day.
We ONLY put up over 170 rockets!
So, yeah, the launch went well, indeed.
We saw almost 20 flights from the high power pad, with one new L-1 certification success. And there were somewhere around 30 high school students putting their TARC teams's rockets up on practice flights.
Lot's of fun for all that attended.
Fly'em Safe...
-- -- 2023-01-25 -- --

Started 2013 with a Rocket Launch!
in Arlington on New Years Day, Sun.Jan.01

Winds were puny! Temp was spring-like!
Rocketeers were plentiful.
The first day of the year was a great day to launch model rockets. We had over twenty cars there at one point. Maybe as many a 50 flyers and spectators.
Lots of launches, Yeah! only a few 'fly-aways' Boo! But overall a very good, very fun launch event.
So, Dame Winter let us have a good day! Let's hope the 21st looks just like the 1st did.
See you next, back in Gunter <weather permitting>
Modroc and Hi-Pwr Launch, Sat.Jan.21
-- -- 2023-01-03 -- --

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