Olympic Peninsula Rocketry (OPROC)



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Pasture Blaster


2015
Cancelled
See you all next year

Hosted By
Olympic Peninsula Rocketry 4-H

August 21, 22 ,23 2015

Location : Discovery Bay ,WA. 98368
922 W. Uncas Rd.

 CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS

 Entry Fee:  Adults $3.00, KIDS FREE
Entry Fees good for all three day's with wrist band

 This launch is open to the Public on our 84 acre launch site!

 National Association of Rocketry Competition Events
                       August 21,22 2015

Spot Landing
1/2A Parachute Duration
A Streamer Duration
 
To download event registration form CB-1-70, go to this link:
            http://www.nar.org/pdf/cb-1-70.pdf 


Drawing  for Model Rocket Kits

Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 tickets for $5.00  

  Drawing will start Saturday 8/22 at 1:00pm  during the launch day and continue till 5:00pm 
All proceeds go to support Olympic Peninsula Rocketry 4-H 

KIDS Crayon Duration Contest

Saturday August 22, 2015 ONLY

Open to the Public 

First 12 kids will receive one FREE Estes Crayon  kit

and C6-3 motor.

Sign up at Entry Table

Rules are simple:
 Build  the Estes Crayon Kit with no modifications , launch with C6-3 motor w/parachute,        longest flight duration WINS!!!!
 Build secession start time 12:00pm
Launch on Saturday Aug 22, 2015 1:00pm
Bragging Right Trophy will be Awarded to the winner
 Saturday after 6:00pm


The Pasture Blaster Launch will officially get under way:
  • Friday August 21, at noon to 6:00 pm.
  • Flying will continue Saturday, August 22. 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
  • The range will open again Sunday, August 23. 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
The following will be supported for use at this event on this site:
  • Low Power, Mid Power and High Power Rockets
  • High Power will be under FAR 101/ Class I ONLY
  • Rockets up to 3.3 LBS including no more than 125 grams of propellant
  • Max. ALT. 3,000'
Other Amenities:
  • Free RV/ Tent Camping on-site
  • Comfort Station ( Port-a-Potty ) on-site
  • Rocket Vendor on-site
  • Food Vendor on-site Reasonable prices
  •  Menu     ( subject to change)
  • Hot Dogs
    Pulled Pork Sandwiches
    Chili
    beverage , chips with each meal
    Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday:
    Egg casserole and cinnamon rolls or muffins
    orange or apple juice
    coffee--all day
Nearby We Have:
  • Fat Smitty's restaurant  North & East 1.5 Miles
  • Snug Harbor Cafe  North and West 2 Miles
  • Valley View Motel Cabins 1.6 miles http://www.valleyviewmotel.com/
  • 4 units available
  • Eagle Mount Rockery Cottages 2.5 Miles http://www.eaglemtrockerycottages.com/services
We will provide: 12 rack Low Power Pad , 5 Mid-Power Pads and 4 High Power Pads.
1/8" 3/16' and 1/4" SS rods to 5' and 6' 1010  rail
  • NAR SAFETY CODES for Model, Mid-Power And High Power will be in effect.
  • Pre-Flight Safety Brief before each day's Launch
  • All flights will require a launch card
  • All HPR flights will be carded.

Get a birdseye view of our launch site!

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Welcome

Olympic Peninsula Rocketry, Jefferson County in Washington State

John Ludwig leads this 4-H club devoted to rocketry - he is enthusiastic about rocketry and eager to share it with Jefferson County youth. He is eager to accept new members!

OPROC meets at the Irondale Educational Annex adjacent to the Irondale Church. All youth in grades 6-12 are welcome to join. For more information please call:


John Ludwig at 360-385-0341 after 4:30 pm
Olympic Peninsula Rocketry New Club T-Shirts

Rocket launch a success!

Picture l. to r.: Connor, Bruce, and Connor's brother and sister enjoy a moment during a rocket launch in Discovery Bay, WA.

Ruger Parker on Quest Rocketry Website!


Above you see our own 4-H OPROC member, Ruger, preparing to launch a Quest Starhawk rocket. His photo is now featured on the Quest Aerospace rocketry website. Way to go, Ruger!

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Olympic Peninsula Rocketry road trip to Blue Mountain Rocketeers "Rolling Thunder " launch

OPROC 4-H Club at Rolling Thunder
Dayton, Washington
September 11,12,13 2009

As you Remember it: Apollo11 Launch

July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launch Click on Title to View

New Launch Pad

This is our new launch pad for six rockets. This launch pad will replace two of our older pads . Ease of set up and portability do come at a cost. Total cost right around $80.00
Olympic Peninsula Rocketry Car Wash
Our 4-H Club needed to raise money for a trip to Blue Mountain Rocketeers
" Rolling Thunder" club launch September 2009. What better way than to have a car wash. Four hours of hard work many, many car washed, we now have raised enough money to pay for our trip.
For more information on Blue Mountain Rocketeers follow the link below.

Drag Race

Astra III Drag Race

My rocket can go faster and higher than yours " no it can't, Yes it can! Ok let's have a drag race"






Club Launch Januaray 17, 2009






Our first club launch of the new year. Many rockets took to the air, tempeture 47 degrees, light fog to start the launch day, but burned off rather quickly. The best part no wind. In the photo Johathan and Ben are prepping a Quest Starhawk for launch.
Rockets launched Starhawk, Antari, Aries, Viking, Astra III, Alpha III, Birdie, Astra, Seeker, Generic, Falcon, Baby Bertha, Big Bertha, Super Big Bertha, Sky Viper (clone), Big Daddy. Oh did I mention Drag Race, twelve two rocket drag races , what fun!
All in all a great day to launch some rockets.














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Estes Upscale Goblin Launch

This is a short video taken at Blue Mountain Rocketeers NAR Section 615 September 12, 2008

Curriculum

4-H Qubit Paper Rocket

Cub Scout Qubit Rocket

Tiger Cub Qubit Rocket

Flag Rocket

Apogee Poster

Launch Day Procedures

Model Rocket Websites

4-H Rocketry Summary Document

OPROC Launch Card

Q2 Instructions

Quest Altitude Instructions 102

Quest Altitude Worksheet 102

Quest Balsa Fin Magic Instructions

Quest DIY Inclinometer Instructions

Quest Flight Event Egg

Quest Flight Event 2-Stage

Quest Model Rocket Safety Code (MRSC)

Quest Viper Worksheet

Safety Code Review

4-H Rocketry Business Cards
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Our 4-H rocket!



From l. to r. Micah Conklin, Bruce Holmes, John Ludwig (4-H leader), Colby Porche, Nicholas Conklin. With their Fliskits Decaffeinator 4-H rocket!
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Golden Scout Launch





Sky of Gold


This summer in the month of July this Golden Scout will be launched in celebration of Vern and Gleda Estes 50Th. Anniversary for there contribution to the hobby of Model Rocketry. The Scout was the very first model rocket kit that Estes produced . Our 4-H Club Olympic Peninsula Rocketry is in the process of building six more of the Golden Scouts.
July 19, 2008
As you can see by the photo above four Golden Scouts were launched and recovered. All flights were launched using 1/2A6-2 motors.















Schools Out for Summer Launch #1


Olympic Peninsula Rocketry's first launch of the summer.

What a great day!
Attendance was up. Five club members, three friends of club members , five parents , Club leader and assistant club leader.
Rockets took to the air at 10:45am and continued to launch till about 2:00.
Twenty eight flights were recorded for the day with six flights being certification flights for entry in the Jefferson County fair in August.
Good job, well done. Go to Donnie, Samuel E. , Mariann , Samuel A. and Ben on you successful Certification flights.

A10-pt 8 ea.
A10-3t 3 ea.
A8-3 4 ea.
B4-4 2 ea.
B6-4 2 ea.
C6-0 1 ea.
C6-3 3 ea.
C6-5 2 ea.
D12-3 1 ea.
D12-5 1 ea.
E9-4 1ea.

One rocket was lost , the Swift 220 on a A10-3T, what I like to call a " fire and forget rocket" because once it's launched you can forget about getting it back. John Ludwig's Decaffeinator broke a shock cord and came in ballistic" cool Flight, rough landing " as you can see from the photo below.


I would like to thank all you parents for taking this time out of your busy weekend to support
Olympic Peninsula Rocketry 4-H club .
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OPROC Club Launch May 24, 2008





Another Olympic Peninsula Rocketry club launch goes down in the history books. What a great day!




This is a launch video of Eben's Quest Starhawk.








Micah prepping his Quest Aries






Samuel prepping his Art Applewhite Qubits







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Mercury Joe Story

I really like this video . Why? Because this guy never gave up. Over and over his rocket failed, for many different reasons. As they say "If it was easy, anybody could do it" With many rebuilds,test,trials and errors and then finally success!
Enjoy the Mercury Joe Story.
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OPROC Trailers,Outtakes and Bloopers

Most of the time what you see is a fine tuned finished movie and alot of footage ends up on the digital cutting room floor. We thought we would show you a small sample of what you didn't see. These clips were shot during Olympic Pensula Rocketry 4-h club launches over the past four years.

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