The fair is over and it was a great time. All the rockets did very well. We will meet one more time before school starts so we can go over judges notes. We will then start over again in September. Every one is welcome and bring a new member if you can.

6 members launched today. It was totally awesome!!! Gavin launched first as the test flight, since he had a different rocket for fair. He launched a Wizard like everyone else and it landed on top of the grand stands. We moved the launch pads so the rockets would miss the Grand Stands. Garret launched his rocket with success. We launched John Crow and all 3 of his launches were great. We launched Jonathon Schmidts and had two great flights but on the 3rd the nose cone failed to eject due to extra buildup on the inside of the rocket. It lawn darted into the infield of the track, luckily it was soft dirt, and there was no damage to the rocket or anyone else. Still it was a good launch that Jonathon should be proud of. Chris Schmidt launched 3 times and had great launches. Andrew Crow launched 3 times. His rocket did very well. It flew the highest of the day at 451 ft. It was a great launch!
We will launch Freddie, Erin, and Christian's rockets as soon as we get a chance. We will also be meeting to finish the paint jobs on the rockets.
We look forward to County Fair, as we will be putting a collage together and a display. We will hopefully be launching the night of the races(small rockets that aren't our fair rockets).

Cool Stuff!!!!

Everyone needs to check this out!!!
Barb Schmidt sent this article to me and it is really cool.
It is very interesting.

January Meeting

The Jefferson County Rocketry Club met on January 17th at the 4H building. We accomplished alot. Everyone has their rocket almost completely assembled. I give everyone a round of applause for their hard work!!! In February we will Meet at the 4H building on Saturday the 20th at 4:00Pm. We will finish assembly of our rockets and start doing the prep work for painting.
See You There!!!!

some have asked what forms to use for recording launch data. There is no one perfect sheet. The sheet I prefer is shown here. You can use it if you like.

November Meeting

The Jefferson County 4H Rocketry club met on Saturday the 21'st. We started to assemble our rockets. We discussed the parts of the rockets and safety. Already there are some who are starting to think about how to paint there rocket once done. It is very exciting! I will be placing some extra things in the blog that will help learn more about rocketry. The next meeting is January 17th at 4:00 pm. We will run an hour and a half maybe a little longer if need be. Happy Holidays.

The Club

We took a photo of the Club at our last meeting. What a great group!

October Meeting

Members of the Jefferson County 4H rocketry club met Sunday October 25th at the 4H building. We had 12 members show up! Wow! that is exciting to see. We went over parts of the rocket and saftey rules. We will start building our rockets at next months meeting. I am excited to see all the boy's and girls excited about Aerospace. I would also like to stress that GIRLS are involved in this. If you are a girl and want to be involved , it would be great to see you at our meetings. Girls can be Rocketeers just as well as boys. Our next meeting is planned for Saturday, November 21st, 4:00pm, at the fair grounds 4H building. We will see you there. Come prepared to start building your rockets.

Safety rules of rocketry

click here or on the safety rule to view a larger file

Parts of a Rocket

One of the first things we will learn about in the Jefferson County 4H Rocketry Club is Parts of a rocket. Shown is a publication of the parts of a rocket. Check it out and see how many you can remember by the next meeting!
I will try and Blog something everyday, but I may get busy so check back often!

The first meeting

Today was the first meeting for the Jefferson County 4H rocketry club. Only two families showed up, but other families informed the leaders ahead of time that they would be there for the next meeting. We mostly covered topics of building rockets and other aerospace projects and launching them. We watched movies of launches on youtube and discussed when the next meeting will be.

The next meeting is planned for Sunday, October 25th at 4:00 PM, in the 4H building. If you know someone who is interested bring them along.