The one you’ve been waiting for

LAUNCH PROGRAM!

Whilst a schedule for events is difficult to create for rocket launches, the following are a few keys items for the four days:

0730hrs Pre commencement announcements at the LCO table and group photos as appropriate
0800hrs Range open – Launch program commences
1700hrs Range closed
After Hours Rocket Fuel Bar open
Friday night Starlight Cinema – October Sky
Saturday night Banquet Under the Stars!
Saturday V2 launch

Saturday Crazy Jim Drag Race (L3 Sparky)
TBA Old West Shootout – QLD vs WA drag race – take 2

Rocketeer’s build for Thunda Down Under 2015: Karl Hemphill and Rocketry Victoria – Full Scale V2

Flyer’s Name: Karl Hemphill and Rocketry Victoria
Location: Ballarat, VIC
Length: 14.04m (46′)
Dia: 1.65m (5.4′)
Proposed GLOW: 300kg (661 pounds)
Proposed Motor/s: Cesaroni O25,000Vmax

It is a 1:1 scale V2 rocket, called ‘Victoria-2’. It is a ridiculously big and heavy ‘model’ rocket so it probably won’t fly very high, BUT, see this has all of the complexities of a four-storey building that has to fly! (and then land it safely). It is just awe inspiring to see!

Basically everything about this rocket has been a challenge: The sheer size, cost, new construction techniques, getting rocket-guys to cooperate(!), transport, logistics.

Have you worked on this moll?

Qld?
Looks like it’s all happening in Victoria.

> Looks like it’s all happening in Victoria.
> Have you worked on this moll?

Only for one day. Helped them assemble the three pieces just before launch in the farm called Enara north of Westmar in Qld. It flew perfectly on last saturday 14 Mar 2015. Confirmed for Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest amateur rocket. It was built in Ballarat, then shipped north for the flight. Some videos of the flight ought to have appeared on the web by now.

Now if I can only convince them to next try for record for the highest flying rocket.