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JOIN US! Pasture Blaster 2011 Hosted By Olympic Peninsula Rocketry August 26, 27 , 28 2011 Location : Discovery Bay ,Wa. 922 W. Uncas Rd. CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS Pad Fees:  Adults $3.00, KIDS FREE Pad Fees good for all three day's This launch is open to the Public on our 84 acre launch site! The Pasture Blaster Launch will officially get under way: Friday August 26, at noon to 6:00

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Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to

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Olympic Peninsula Rocketry, Jefferson County in Washington StateJohn 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

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Olympic Peninsula Rocketry New Club T-Shirts

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

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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!Quest Rocketry Website

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

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

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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

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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.http://www.bmr615.org/

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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"

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Club Launch Januaray 17, 2009Our 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

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

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4-H Qubit Paper RocketCub Scout Qubit RocketTiger Cub Qubit RocketFlag RocketApogee PosterLaunch Day ProceduresModel Rocket Websites4-H Rocketry Summary DocumentOPROC Launch CardQ2 InstructionsQuest Altitude Instructions 102Quest Altitude Worksheet 102Quest Balsa Fin Magic InstructionsQuest DIY Inclinometer InstructionsQuest Flight Event EggQuest Flight Event 2-StageQuest Model Rocket Safety Code

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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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Sky of GoldThis 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

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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

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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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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. http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f5/darkjohnson/video/?action=view&current=MercuryJoeStory.flv

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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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Tranquility 9 on the pad. Prepped with 3-C6-3 Video link below.http://s134.photobucket.com/albums/q104/rocketry_preservation_society/?action=view&current=Tranquility9Launch.flv

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I hope you enjoy this slide and video show. It is amazing to me just how long it takes to put together a movie. Our next video will be Out takes and Bloopers.

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Estes 50th. AnniversarySky of Gold

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Click to play the sound of Sputnik I. October 4 , 1957Recorded at The Boeing Museum of FlightTo read more about Sputnik IClick here:http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blsatellite.htm

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How high did your rocket go?Using the Estes Alti-Track and a little math you can calculate the altitude reached by your model rocket.This would make a good school science project.

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Finished Upscale GoblinPaint job almost finished.196% Upscale Estes Goblin Overall size 29"Height 29"Dia. 2.6 "2-24mm D Motor Cluster18"or 24" Top Flight Thin Mil Parachute140# Kevlar attached to5' - 1/4" Elastic Shock cordCygnus 9" x9" Kevlar Chute ProtectorWeight 8.46 oz.Estimated max. Altitude 1,134'4-H leaders lead by example. So I thought I would share with you a few examples of the model

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Bruce and his first two stage rocket the Estes Mongoose. Nice flight!Connor and his Starhawk . Micah with his QEZ Payloader , Jerry with his Seeker and his girl friend Venessa.What a great day. Sunshine and blue sky, sure was good to get out to a club launch.This is a list of rocket motors expended at our launch by type:A3-4 2ea.A10-pt 5ea.A8-3 6ea.B6-4 4ea.C6-3 2ea.C6-5 4ea.D12-3 1ea.B6-0 - 1/

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Click To Play Colonel Mullane was born September 10, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas but spent much of his youth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he currently resides.Upon his graduation from West Point in 1967, he was commissioned in the United States Air Force. As a Weapon Systems Operator aboard RF-4C Phantom aircraft, he completed 134 combat missions in Vietnam. He holds a Master's of Science

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OPROC 4-H Club: Jefferson County, WA(John Ludwig, 4-H Leader and Resource)http://4h.jefferson.wsu.edu/index.php?page=rocketryNational Association of Rocketryhttp://www.nar.org/index.htmlOnline Rocketry Vendorshttp://www.apogeerockets.com/index.asphttp://www.apogeerockets.com/education/index.asphttp://www.artapplewhite.com/http://www.estesrockets.com/http://www.fliskits.com/http://www.fliskits.com

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Paper rockets are fun to build . What tools will need to build your own paper rockets?110# card stock, Scissors or X-ACTO knife ,steel ruler, resealable cutting matt, white glue or glue stick. Construction time less than 30 minutes.Bottom line : Cost 25 cents.Links to free paper rocker list below.Art Apple Whitehttp://www.artapplewhite.com/free.htmlFlis Kitshttp://fliskits.com/products/free_dl/

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"As a matter of fact, It is rocket science" The whole concept is pretty simple. Build a model rocket kit consisting of a paper body tube and balsa or plastic fins, or nose cone , assemble a plastic parachute . (Assembly simplified) Launch and recover this rocket.Replace motor, igniter and launch again. Pretty simple right? I thought it was when I first got my start in model rocketry in 1974 . On

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Model Rocketry Safety Code http://www.questaerospace.com/uploads/Guides/Quest-MRSC.pdf

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I have left this post blank for sometime now . If you would like to have your 4-H rocketry club posted here give me a call. John 360 385-0341 after 4:30 PSTSkamania 4-H Rocketryhttp://www.skamania4hrocketry.blogspot.com/

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  PVC Launch PadGoony Max First Flight 3/3/08 At the present time we have two launch pads. An Estes Pro pad and a homebuilt PVC pad . Equipt to handle 1/8", 3/16" and 1/4' Stainless Steel rods,all are 4 foot in length. We also have two Estes Pro contollers w/ 7.2 volts and one w/14.4 volts . Our lastest purchase consist of a Pratt Hobbies Sixpack Multi-Launch controller. Before the up comming

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"I REMEMBER MY VERY FIRST LAUNCH of a model rocket...no wind, temperature was a pleasant 65 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, unlimited visibility all the way up to the stratosphere. The perfect day.As Estes Alpha was prepared for launch. A C6-5 rocket motor was installed in the rocket for maximum altitude. The igniter installed in the rocket motor. Flame proof wadding, shock cord and a parachute

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