Perfect flying conditions, green grass and a herd of cows greeted flyers and spectators at the advertised launch held yesterday by QRS. Multiple launch pads were set up that saw: - 46 launches on the main flying field: A 1, B 4, C 12, D 3, E 4, F 4, G 9, H 6, I 2, K 1 - Two ejection tests on the mai...

Perfect conditions for launching today despite the high humidity with green fields and barely a gust of wind. There were 37 launches in the morning consisting of: A x 1, B x 1, C x 13, D x 9, E x 1, F x 3, G x 6, H x 2, K x 1. A couple of notable flights for the day were: - Brendan's Dredd-Nought fl...

Just a reminder to all members and friends of QRS that the February launch takes place on 16 February this year to accommodate the NZ 'Havoc in the Paddock' launch.

Matt

The QRS launch dates for this year are as follows:

12 January
16 February
08 March – Advertised
19 April
17 May
14 June
12 July
16 August
13 September
18 October - Advertised
08 November
13 December

The QRS AGM took place last weekend following the January launch day. It gives me great pleasure to announce that the 2020 committee for the Queensland Rocketry Society elected at the AGM consists of the following members: President – Matt Barton Secretary – Blake Nikolic Treasurer / Membership – Pe...

Reasonable winds greeted club members for the QRS January launch. Despite the wind, there were still 23 launches for the day, consisting of: B 2 C 3 D 2 E 2 F 1 G 7 H 4 I 2 As well as a number of ground tests by the UQSpace team. The two largest motors flow on the day were: - Brendan Hawkins flying ...

A few launches from last weekend... My flight is the last launch with 3 x H123 motors...



Are there any updates on the cert attempt success / failures?

Any word on the success of the various cert attempts??

Looking good... All the upgrades look great so far... Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build...

Thanks Mat!

Quick question: is anyone aware of an online calculator to determine appropriate fin thickness / fin flutter velocity? I've found FinSim but based on the instructions you'd need a PhD in Physics to understand it and it only seems to be available to US students: http://www.aerorocket.com/finsim.html ...