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NEXT MEETING Date to be announced shortly. Watch this space. [more info] CROCK VENDOR CROCK LINKS		NEXT LAUNCH DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY | Watch this space for details of the next event | Latest Event News [LIST LATEST EVENTS] | [LIST ALL EVENTS] 13TH NOVEMBER 2005 Mike launched his little Nuke "Pink Lady" on a big "G" motor to start the meeting, everyone lost sight of it as it went into the clouds and no-one saw it come down or heard the ejection charge. Then after a few more minutes Mike spotted...[report] 9TH OCTOBER 2005 Many rocketeers turned up to enjoy what could be the last sunny and wind free (relatively speaking for the Marsh) CROCK meeting for 2005, although the winter programme will continue for the hardcore cold fingers amongst us. It was...[report] 11TH SEPTEMBER 2005 More rocketeers turned up for this months flying to take advantage of the last good weather. A warm welcome to the new rocketeers Howard and the PARS (Purley Amateur Rocketry Society) team who drove down and launched many rockets throughout...[report] 14TH AUGUST 2005 Quite a few rocketeers turned up to take advantage of the remaining summer season flying opportunities. It was also great to see Iain and Mark back for some CROCK flying and returning new members Anthony and Richard. Lots of...[report] 10TH JULY 2005 On arriving at the launch site it was clear it was going to be a great days flying. Lots of rocketeers had arrived to enjoy the days events and take advantage of the hot weather. It was also great to see some new rocketeers joining...[report] 10TH APRIL 2005 Located to the far North of the launch site provided loads of downrange recovery, this was used to great success with rocket launches ranging from Estes low power to Cesaroni Pro54 high power. Various rocketeers arrived to take advantage...[report] 13TH MARCH 2005 I managed to capture the weather forecast just before I went away and it was looking really favourable for the Sunday?s rocket meeting. Saturday turned out really warm, sunny and a light breeze, ideal for rockets. The forecast was...[report] 16TH JANUARY 2005 Even with the cold winds it didn?t stop the usual CROCK rocketeers from stopping along to chat, see whats going on and fly some rockets and welcome a new member to the monthly flying. Even with the limited altitude due to thick cloud...[report] 14TH NOVEMBER 2004 Some of the hardcore CROCK crew arrived to take advantage of the great weather and get some rocket flights in before the year was out. I didn?t have much to fly and regretted not prepping a high power flight, as the clear blue skies...[report] 1ST AUGUST 2004 The weather had turned out nice again as it was a hot summers day. The wind was at its usual tricks making it a bit too windy for anything big or flying high, but this was fine for low power rockets. The usual rocketeers were there...[report] 11TH JULY 2004 The day featured many rocket launches most of which were low power with a few high power launches and some usual mad CHAD clustering and staging. Malcolm launched lots of rockets and gliders through the day, most of which were successful...[report] 27TH JUNE 2004 While trying not to keep an eye on the weather forecast leading up to the meeting I did catch a glimpse of the forecast on TV that was forecasting rain. On Saturday the forecast was completely different with rain clearing Saturday...[report] 9TH MAY 2004 One Sunday in May people met at Walland Marsh for the monthly CROCK meeting. The weather must of been reasonable with forgivable wind as Malcolm launched his upscale Orbital VMS copy. Many thanks to Pete Williams for supplying the...[report] 14TH DECEMBER 2003 An average turnout for the last meeting of the year, numbers were probably down because of last weekend's EARS launch. Even so, there were around 20 or so adults and children. Unfortunately there was no high power and only a few others...[report] 26TH OCTOBER 2003 What a turn up for the book! 11 am and just four cars on site, by 1pm there are 14 cars and over 30 people, many of whom were youngsters. Highlight of the day was Petes' (?) launch of his LOC Warlock which impressed everyone with...[report] 14TH SEPTEMBER 2003 It be a terrible storm, the winds blew hard, the rain came down in torrents, the currents were a'gin us as we were being inexorably swept towards the rocks by an invisible, yet irresistible, force, the grave of many a vessel..................but...[report] 17TH AUGUST 2003 Another quiet day on the range! A handful of rocketeers turned up on this pleasant if not a little breezy Sunday. But then when is it not ever windy down on Walland Marsh? This months CROCK launch was the most anticipated...[report] 20TH JULY 2003 'Strange Days' to quote the Doors. Strange that after a wet week it should suddenly turn out dry, Strange that in spite of the good weather only 12 people attended. Strange that for the first time ever I got the date wrong and turned...[report] 22ND JUNE 2003 Sunday saw a good attendance in spite of the prospect of rain setting in. It was nice to have a visit from the Seabrook family, who flew their FAI class rockets. Also Neville who has been conspicuous by his absence lately. Like several...[report] 11TH MAY 2003 There were many launches throughout the day even though I missed a large chunk while I was concerned with getting my L2 flight underway in which I did and finally achieved a successful L2 flight. Iain launched his scratch built Weekend...[report] 13TH APRIL 2003 The windier weather restricted some of the high power flights unless two stage recovery was used but this didn't stop some who like long walks. Michael launched his MFPP Raptor on a Pro38 5-grain J300 and had to walk miles and even...[report] 23RD MARCH 2003 Due to the great weather a good turnout of rocketeers and spectators attended the days rocketry down on the Kent Marshes. Rockets from models to high powered J-class motors were flown because of the ideal conditions and low winds. The...[report] 16TH FEBRUARY 2003 For the second month in succession we used the site to the south of the A259. Attendance was good with 20 adults and 5 children. Although the day was dry and bright it was bitterly cold, so cold, even polar bears stayed away (we didn't...[report] 5TH JANUARY 2003 Due to flooding the site was moved to the south side of the A259. An excellent days flying was had by the 15 stalwarts (including 4 youngsters) who braved the cold and were rewarded with a bright sunny day after the mist cleared. There...[report] 8TH DECEMBER 2002 Even though the weather was not ideal the turn-out of flyers was still fairly reasonable. Wind was blowing from the East making it a bitter day and very hard to prep rockets when your hands and fingers cannot function properly. The...[report] 20TH OCTOBER 2002 There were a total of five rocketeers plus friends and family which made it a reasonable attendance considering the weather warnings issued by the MET Office the day before. There was also a reasonable number of rocket flights as the...[report] 22ND SEPTEMBER 2002 Even though the day was hampered buy the wind and rain there was some great flights and some long walks for recovery. Does anyone have a quad-bike or a golf buggy I could buy! It was great to see some new CROCK flyers that enjoyed...[report] 18TH AUGUST 2002 It was also great to see some new faces and other rocketeers from other local clubs, the turn-out was superb. Some of my highlights to the day where Neville Morley's new and improved camera rocket. The camera payload consisted of an...[report] 21ST JULY 2002 The weather forecast for the Sunday launch meeting was looking good but actually on the day it looked very changeable weather. I left Hastings reasonably early and the sun was shinning, creating a very warm day but the further I drove...[report] 16TH JUNE 2002 On arriving at the launch site the first impression of the weather was not very promising. There was a steady wind again with a thick layer of cloud about 1500'. To make it worse there were big rain clouds in the distance. A few hours...[report] 19TH MAY 2002 The weather forecast for the day was sunny periods with rain drawing in for the afternoon. As always the weather proved to be different but for the better as it started off cloudy but was sunny for the afternoon. The only problem was...[report] 21ST APRIL 2002 The site is only on a trial period to allow the land owner and farmer that we can use the land without damaging the grass. The site is what can only be described as perfect. There is so much downrange recovery that is free from trees...[report] 24TH MARCH 2002 After the original date for the March meeting was cancelled and seeing that the weather was reasonably sunny and not too windy I thought that the rearranged date for the following Sunday would be crucified by the rocket gods. Surprisingly...[report] 17TH FEBRUARY 2002 I arrived at the launch site and met up with the usual early crowd that I never seem to be able to arrive earlier then. None of us could make the effort to set-up any rocket equipment due to the fact the fog was intruding once again...[report] 30TH DECEMBER 2001 I arrived at the launch site and met up with the usual keen folk to arrive there early. As it was a Christmas launch there wasn't going to be many people there so we just set-up our ground equipment anywhere we liked within the launch...[report]
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