Launch Announcements – Ottawa Rocketry Group https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org Tripoli Rocketry Association Prefecture #69 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 01:48:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 102357342 New Launch Site Found https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/new-launch-site-found/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 01:48:04 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=516 Continue reading →]]> A new launch site has been found, and an insurance certificate has been obtained and sent to the landowner. We are in the process of planning our launch calendar for the coming few months. Please stand by for publication of the new launch calendar.

]]> 516 Annual AGM October 14, 2017 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/annual-agm-october-14-2017/ Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:19:22 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=366 Our annual AGM will be at the Stittsville Legion from Noon to 18:00 on October 14, 2017.

]]> 366 Yes we are still alive! https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/yes-we-are-still-alive/ Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:11:45 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=298 Continue reading →]]> It has been a long time since we posted in this section. Please rest assure that our club is active. The best way to see what we are up to is to have a look at our Yahoo discussion group or our Facebook group: Ottawa Rocketry Group

We keep our launch Calendar up to date. Normally we post our calendar for the year in January.

]]> 298 Launch May 10th, 2015 Cancelled https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launch-may-10th-2015-cancelled/ Sat, 09 May 2015 13:39:43 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=229 Since it’s Mother’s Day, we are canceling the launch for May 10th. Get your rockets ready for the next launch on May 24th.

]]> 229 Photos and video from April 26th launch https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/photos-and-video-from-april-26th-launches/ Thu, 07 May 2015 14:32:41 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=214 Another great launch although it was slightly breezy. Big thanks to Perry and Sons for finding my engine casing! JF recorded the following videos:

Photos taken from the launch:

 

]]> 214 Launch today, April 26th is a go https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launch-today-april-26th-is-a-go/ Sun, 26 Apr 2015 12:12:06 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=206 206 Photos and video from April 12th Launch https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/photos-and-video-from-april-12th-launch/ Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:09:15 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=199 Continue reading →]]> A great day for a launch! We had warm weather and light winds for the morning, at least. The grass is low and recovery was easy this time of year. Photos:

ORG Launch April 12 2015

A beautiful spring day with light winds in the morning. It's a great time to launch because the grass is low and recovery is much easier.
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Dario recoded this on board his LOC Iris:

LOC Iris on G79-Smokey -12 Apr 2015 from Dario Sciola on Vimeo.

Daniel provided the following video of Dario’s launch:

]]> 199 Launch April 15th 2015 is a go https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launch-april-15th-2015-is-a-go/ Sun, 12 Apr 2015 12:02:23 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=195 Looks like a nice day. Bring boots since I suspect it will be muddy and we might even need sunscreen this afternoon!

Details of the launches are here: https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launches/

See you at parking lot P1 at 9:50 AM.

]]> 195 Launch today, March 29th, 2015, a success! https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launch-today-march-29th-2015-a-success/ Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:53:13 +0000 https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/?p=168 Continue reading →]]> Today was a nice spring day. Although it started out cold we had bright sun and light winds. We had a good turn out with the usual hardy Winter launchers present.

A few interesting events, as with every launch, Greg P almost lost his postage stamp rocket in a tree, John C has a nice CATO which we caught on camera, and Bill G has a nice new zipper on his LOC IV.

Check out the picture album.  Here’s video of just a few launches:

]]> 168 Launch September 21st Cancelled https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launch-september-21st-cancelled/ https://www.ottawa-rocketry.org/launch-september-21st-cancelled/#respond Sun, 21 Sep 2014 08:15:11 +0000 http://ottawarocketry.wordpress.com/?p=7 Due to bad weather we’re cancelling the launch today. Note the group meets at the Tim Horton’s at March Road and Carling Avenue at 10 am.

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