Moderate winds greeted the members who ventured out the launch site last Sunday. There was a good turnout of enthusiastic flyers on low, mid and high power all morning. There were 41 flights in total made up of: 4 x B, 4 x C, 4 x D, 7 x E, 1 x F, 9 x G, 9 x H, 1 x I and 2 x J. There were five L1 cer...

Thank you to everyone who attended the launch (report still to come) and AGM for QRS yesterday. It was great to see that the AGM was well attended by members of the club after a long day of launching in the hot sun. The new QRS committee for 2021 consists of: President: Matt Barton Secretary: Blake ...

Just confirming that we are GO for the launch tomorrow!

Current forecast has a 10% chance of rain before 1 pm.... As usual we will give the launch every chance of going ahead before making a decision....

I'd be tempted to drill a hole in the rear centering ring and patch with epoxy rather than mess with the body tube.... Replace the ubolt with an eye bolt... When you install ubolts add a drop of epoxy to the nuts...

Yes, they're good... Definitely use one on each chute...

Just a few more comments from me... It -may- be possible to add weight to the rocket to keep it under 5000ft at Jimboomba. This would need to be simulated, etc. I think another problem will be to get RSO approval to fly a rocket on a motor that has not been recommended by the manufacturer. Again, lo...

As above, go with the 38 mm mount definitely...

Grab a 29mm to 38 mm adapter which will have everything you need to fly 29 mm motors in a 38 mm mount...

https://ausrocketry.com.au/adapter-asse ... mount-tube

Drop me an email if you need more info...

To give us some space between launches and spare some tears when our partners find out we'd rather launch on valentines day, the February launch will be delayed for 1 week until 21 February. The AGM will still be run after the launch.

See you there!

Rescheduled: 24 January....

See you there!

Lock it in: Sunday 24 January.

No AGM, we'll hold it at the February launch.

markf74 wrote:i am guessing this mornings announcement has put a spanner into this weekends launch?

That would be correct unfortunately... I've just posted in the January launch thread...

Stay tuned for updates as we hear more about the covid lockdown...

Well, the committee has done all we can but circumstances have conspired against us... https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/health-safety/brisbane-to-enter-3-day-lockdown-as-authorities-race-to-trace-test-before-mutant-strain-spreads/news-story/0f272b074c18c181196a970da642c442 Please consid...