The Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s first launch of 2024 on January 7th. The short notice winter mini-launch was greeted with overcast skies, 1 degree temperature and calm meandering winds, less than 10 KPH. A total of 6 club members and a grade 7 student working on a school project were present for the launch. […]
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July 22, 2023 – Rocket Give-away
The Cambridge Rocket Club completed it’s fifth scheduled launch of the season on Saturday July 22nd. The launch was postponed the week before due to poor weather and this may have contributed to the poor turn-out for this launch. A total of 8 CRC members and 8 guests managed to fly their rockets at this […]
June 10, 2023 – Multistage & Cluster Launch
The Cambridge Rocket Club completed it’s third launch of the season on June 10th and this was the biggest one (so far). The weather was ideal with low winds and a high temperature of 23 degrees under variably skies. We had a great turn-out with 18 different members flying their rockets. We welcomed a new member […]
May 13, 2023 – Season Opener Round 2!
The Cambridge Rocket Club successfully completed it’s second launch of the season on Saturday May 13th, 7 days after the twice postponed season opener. The weather was good with modetate temperatures, blue skies and gusty winds at times. Once again we welcomed a number of new guests and members to the club as we continue […]
May 6, 2023 – Season Opener
Dear members and guests; We finally got our 2023 Cambridge Rocket Club season underway on May 6th after two weather related postponements. The weather was ideal for flying as the temperatures and winds were moderate under mainly blue skies. We had 24 CRC members as well as 9 guests fly a total of 63 model rockets. […]
Oct 16, 2022 – Fall Launch
On Sunday October 16, 2022, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s tenth and penultimate launch of the season. The launch was delayed 24 hours to do Saturday rain and high winds. The weather was better on Sunday, however there were wind gusts at times exceeding 25 kph. The skies were mostly clear and temperatures in […]
Sept 24, 2022 – On Board Tech Launch
On September 24th, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s 9th launch of the season under great weather conditions. We had mild temperatures with lite winds and a blue sky, ideal flying conditions (again). The theme for the launch was on-board technology and we were able to fly a number of models with on board cameras, altimeters, […]
Sept 10, 2022 – BIG Rockets Launch
On September 10th, 2022, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s 8th launch of the year. We were greeted with ideal flying conditions. The temperatures were in the mid 20’s, winds averaging 10 kph and the sky was blue with some clouds. We welcomed to the field a large number of guests including many youngsters attending their […]
Aug 13, 2022 – Parachute Duration Competition
On August 13th, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s seventh launch of the year under ideal conditions. We were greeted with warm temperatures, clear sky and light winds. We had a total of 12 different rocketeers launch rockets that included engines from A to G power, multi-stage, clusters, on board cameras and a glider The […]
July 23rd, 2022 – Oldies but Goodies
On July 23, 2022, the Cambridge Rocket Club hosted it’s sixth launch of the season. The weather was warm with gusty winds and the threat of rain. The launch was run by two new Range Officers, Tim Nicholls and Bill Gee. The theme of the launch was oldies but goodies and we did fly several […]