Report from the April 23rd Dawsonville Launch Event

Published on April 23, 2016

The April 23rd SoAR launch at Dawsonville was held under sunny skies with steady winds and mild temperatures.  Against a scenic backdrop of rolling pasture lands and the north Georgia mountains more than forty-five participants launching 129 rockets into the blue skies.  We saw six cluster launches; one of these was Jeff Eshbaugh’s LOC Viper III that contained three E9-6s for a spectacular flight.  Other remarkable flights were Steve Bellio’s Pyramid Rocketry 9” Pyramid lofted by a G75-4M and his LOC EZI-65 powered by a G79-4W.  Glenn Harper launched an Aerotech Mirage on a F59.  I also enjoyed watching Marcus’ Estes Condor with two parasitic gliders, one gliding far afield and Ron Stancil up-scaled a Gyroc and flew it on a C6-3.  The most unique scratch-built rocket was “Hairy Situation” launched by Jay Hargis.  For this event the total engine ignition count was as follows:

  • A – 12
  • B – 18
  • C – 39
  • D – 25
  • E – 26
  • F – 18
  • G – 2

Link to some additional event photos here.

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