Night R/C Fly, Thursday, August 23rd, Acton

A friend of mine is helping to organize a night R/C fly at the Acton field with we use for CMASS launches.
They'll be flying R/C planes and helicopters with plenty of lights. I believe they will have time available for night rocket flights, though no launch equipment is provided. I'm planning to go.

It's Thursday, August 23rd starting at 7:30pm at the School Street soccer fields in Acton, MA. Here's a Facebook posting with the details:
www.facebook.com/events/131869960290856/

Unfortunately, I can't make it. Would love to do a night launch and check out their lighted RC projects.

At that time my wife and I will be driving to Newark, NJ airport to pick up our daughter returning from a 6 week trek across India. She has had an amazing time visiting friends, temples and castles including Taj Mahal and riding horses, camels, motorcycles plus the usual forms of transportation.

Yes, I'm bringing a single pad and a relay launcher. I'll have 1/8" and 1/4" rods.

About 25-30 people came to the night fly including Howard and his wife and I. It was well organized with a projected message board, a lit runway for the larger planes and a separate area for the smaller planes and helis. Lots of flights with many different kinds of aircraft that were well-lit with LEDs.

There were 10 rocket launches: 2 APCP, 4 black powder, and 4 h2o. The water rockets were lit with multiple glow sticks in the nose cone and went up to about 250'. For the other rockets, Howard and I used 1 each of B, C, D, E, F, and G motors. The former in a custom model using a high intensity glow stick for the airframe and the latter in Howard's LOC Cool Spool.

It was a successful event and I'm sure they'll try it again.