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Lake Winnipesaukee High Powered Rocketry (LWHPR) #834
Lake Winnipesaukee High Powered Rocketry (LWHPR) #834
Pronounce Win-na-pa-sock-key I found out about this club just last week. They launch HPR to 16K. The only setback about the launch site is the two and a half mile walk one way. At today's launch was bright and sunny, light winds, cold temp's, 22 degrees F. They are launching again next W/E. It's the last one for this year. Not sure if I want to stand in the freezing cold on the ice. There was a guy on a snowmobile retrieving rockets. There was a second sled there until the track broke off the sled in the middle of the lake. All in all an interesting day.
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Those temps are way below my temp threshold for doing ANYTHING outdoors.
Anything involving a snowmobile will not have me involved. I'm a founding member of my local RC club/airstrip, formed in 1991. Since 2000 we have had a "Chili" fly on January 1st each year. I have attended that ZERO times, even in the years I served as VP. No matter how fun the activity, it's no fun in the cold.
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In February? A two month flying season is a pretty short season!
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I made a mistake. They stop launching in early March. Still it IS a short season.
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I went to a wedding in the Menomonie/Eau Claire area in March about 20 some odd years ago. About a million people were still ice fishing, and the pickup hadn't fell through yet...they had a pool for cash if you picked the date it fell through. Really nice folks in both towns. I can see how a frozen lake would be a good launch area, as long as there is some fairly soft snow to keep you from breaking fins. Our snow glazes over into concrete pretty quick.
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There was a light, fluffy snow last night. A few inches only. There was a crust on the ice. The snow helped a little. There were several CATO's on the pad and in the air. Those were cool! A few altimeters froze during flight and did not deploy. Broken fins. I learned a new trick about keeping the altimeters warm besides body heat. Lost two rockets to wind drift.(not mine) I did not bring any rockets to launch. I'm LPR only. Like I said, it was a very interesting day.
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To add to this post, as I walked out onto the ice, there was a group of people and a person with a chainsaw cutting the ice.
I kinda sorta thought it was odd, no auger, a chain saw. I let it go. On my walk back, I saw a sign of a divers group. OK, they were diving. Cool. Cold.
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