Winter Follies - 2022 Acton, MA
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- Published: Thursday, 24 February 2022 15:24
- Written by Kenn Blade
We had a great day for our Winter Follies this year. Maybe not the best day this rollercoaster of season has seen but good for a cold, sunny day. As we do with all our winter launches, we kept it casual with no flight cards so we don’t have an accurate count of the launches but it likely number better than 150. Thanks to all who came out to help and to those who flew all those rockets.
Lots of great models and designs. Kevin took pictures of almost every launch and has posted many of them in the Gallery; if you have more shots, please upload them. Some of the standouts were, Bruce’s Dragon, Tim’s Titan cluster and Curtis’ spinning tractor rocket. Despite the cold weather, there was a Mega Mosquito buzzing around. A deployment issue led to a bad crash of a Saturn V – landing in the road probably wasn’t any more destructive than coming down on the grass that day.
And as many rockets will, this Big Bertha found the water on the field, fortunately, it was frozen so there won’t be any need to dry out and rebuild.
Our regular season starts up again in April. If you want to help out at a TARC launch, look at the schedule and keep an eye on the website for any changes due to weather. Buy your season passes early so you get the most benefit from them.
The last launch of the season was a good one. Very little wind in the morning with variable wind in the afternoon, mostly blowing toward the parking area and house up the hill; mostly sunny skies and temps in the 40's. We had another large crowd and 238 flights ranging from 13 mm to I motors. There were 15 HPR flights, a lot for us, with several successful L1 certifications, including our own John Petrakis. John flew his Cherokee G on an Aerotech H165R - Congratulations! Two CATO's that I remember.
two Christmas themed rockets, a Candy Cane and Christmas Tree rocket, both flown by myself. Steve Kranish flew his RC glider again. And just to show that he does not need RC to keep hang time duration in the minutes, flew a mini copter on a 1/4 A motor. It was up there for just as long! The highlight of the day launch was a 4-way Mega Mosquito drag race. A good ending to a good season. Let's not forget the night launch. A bit warmer with the usual suspects. Pictures are in the 
