Solar Eclipse Day Model Rocket Launch

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‪@mobrockets‬ Flights at the Southern Arizona Rocketry Association's 2nd Saturday launch! Launch time perfectly aligned with the October 14, 2023 solar eclipse, which made for a wonderfully eerie day: No wind. Scattered light. Low early Fall temps. Just magnificent flying weather. Video does not adequately capture the feeling of this day's atmosphere, but I video anyway! Launching an Apogee Components "Wayfarer"; Quest "DC Clipper"; Estes "Indicator", "Stratocruiser", "Mega Mosquito", "Super Alpha", "Maxi Alpha III"; Bad Boy Rocketry "Yellow Jacket" Estes clone; Custom Rocket Company "Venture". I also launched my venerable Estes "Goblin" but just enjoyed the flight, taking no video. Days like this keep me hooked on model rocketry...

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15 окт 2023

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@HNXMedia 8 месяцев назад

Eclipse Day! What a great day for flying rockets!

@CRVcomponents 8 месяцев назад

See now this is what model rocketry is all about.

@michaelc6817 8 месяцев назад

It's always a great day of launching when the launch time ends, and you still want to launch more rockets!! Great variety of rockets launched. Thanks for posting!!

@mobrockets 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! This was for sure one of my all time fave launch days ….

@kennethweaver1018 8 месяцев назад

Great video! Thanks for doing these! Ken

@mobrockets 8 месяцев назад

You bet, Ken! Perhaps by our next eclipse I’ll have some Micro Max flights! 🌞😂🚀

@KevinsModels 8 месяцев назад

First of all, what a great idea launching on Eclipse Day! Looks like the conditions were perfect! I loved how you captured the eclipse glare on the Wafarer flight! Couldn’t quite tell how it came down, so why the chute didn’t open is a mystery. At least it landed in somewhat soft sand. DC Clipper was a great flight! Didn’t expect it to come down in 2 parts. The C5-3 is becoming one of my favorite motors! I give you credit for the ingenuity on the Indicator modification. Sorry it didn’t work, but I think it is well worthy pursuing further. I think it would make for a great 2-stage rocket in a future build. The Stratocruiser looked just about perfect! I don’t know the history of that rocket, but it has an old-school look to it. I loved how you captured the other rocket launching in the frame as it was coming down. Perfect flight! It even bundled itself nicely for you to carry back to the pits. LOL The Mega Mosquito is just a cool looking stout machine! Flew straight and true! Capt. Clucky would be proud of that trajectory! I would love to see how it comes down on a 24” chute. I love your Super Alpha! Such a clean classic design Kudos for not being distracted by the launch of that other rocket during your descent. You were FOCUSED! LOL I’ve heard that solar eclipses can affect a person’s ability to perform simple math functions, so you have a pass at your mental arithmetic. LOL Maxi Alpha 3 is like the Super Alpha, just a solid classic Estes design. I’ll bet you could fit a larger chute in there. A 30” nylon would roll up nice and tight. Maybe the altimeter’s 123 was Keith’s subliminal plug for his channel advertisement………….. If he ever offers to “calibrate” your altimeters, you know what he’s up to! LOL That Yellow Jacket did outstanding for a B motor! Too bad we missed the last flight launch, but it definitely ended appropriately, as it didn’t want to land. Great day of flying! Congrats!

@mobrockets 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Kevin…. Your comments are awesome! I love everything about this hobby, especially the fellow enthusiasts I’ve met along the way…. Looking forward to your next video….

@HalfAftRocketry 7 месяцев назад

Some nice solid launches, and on eclipse day!

@mobrockets 7 месяцев назад

Interestingly, a month later at our November launch, the wind was howling. Not a good day to fly. The rocket gods giveth and they taketh back! 😂 🚀

@RobsRocketTimes 3 месяца назад

That wayfarer is so beautiful, is it a Estes? Love the decals.

@mobrockets 3 месяца назад

The Wayfarer is from Apogee Components! Best rocketry store on the web!

@RonzRocketz 8 месяцев назад

Awesome video. Woulda been interesting if you launched a So Long at the eclipse. I finally got a decent flight out of my Maxi Alpha last week after it sat on a building roof for two months. I've had to cut 4in off the top from the lawndarting.

@mobrockets 8 месяцев назад

I have my my next So Long built! We only have a 1000’ waiver at this launch. Otherwise, heck ya! These launches reminded me of the scene in ST: Generations where Soran launches his rocket into the sun 🌞 😂. Did not realize your Maxi Alpha III was wayward for so much time! Glad you got it back.

@sirkat344 6 месяцев назад

My wife & I look to join SARA fro a launch some time in the next year. We were in Tucson between launches this year. About your "Blowing Sand Area" video. Did you have to get permission from... whomever, to launch? Or can one simply do so? Cheers from Oklahoma!

@mobrockets 6 месяцев назад

You would be most welcomed at SARA! The blowing dust area is in the middle of the desert and on public land. I figured the bullet shells on the ground in the area meant launching was ok! My folks lived in northeastern OK. Chelsea and Clairmore…

@sirkat344 6 месяцев назад

@@mobrockets I know those places. I'm in Tulsa. Claremore is a nice place. I have emailed w/ a member of SARA early in the year and were welcomed. We just were there in early Oct, so we missed a launch, leaving for home on that day.