October 2025

The morning of Friday October 24th, the first day of the 2025-2026 season dawned with cool temperatures, clear skies, and light winds. These conditions carried through the three day launch, with only brief periods of wind and clouds. A huge thank you goes out to the crew that arrived early Friday morning to assist with rage set-up. The task of setting the pads, pad numbers, flag line etc. is no small one, but the crew of dedicated individuals knocked it all out in near record time and we were flying by 1:00 in the afternoon. In all, over 150 flights took to the skies over BattlePark. Rockets from 1/2A to L power, ecumpsing most every style from boost gliders, to clusters, to two-stagers, to rippin EX motors and hybrids, the variety was only limited by the flyers imagination. There were also nearly 30 TRA L1 and L2 certification attempts, congratulations to all the newly certified flyers. More detailed stats and pictures are below:

Friday October 24th: 13 low-power flights and 8 high-power.

Saturday October 25th: 45 low-power flights and 47 high-power.

Sunday October 26th: 16 low-power flights and 27 high-power.

A very nice LOC Precision Nike X leaving the low power pads on an Aerotech F40
Eight, yes EIGHT Estes A3-4T motos ignited “flash pan” style powering the “Crazy 8” to about 500 feet.
Not something you see every day, a two stage cluster flight! 2 Estes C6-0 ignited 2 Estes B6-4s. Very cool!
A full scale Arcas leaving the second row with authority curtsey of an EX K900 “moonshine.”
Blitzen flying on an Aerotech J520 demonstrating a classic Aerotech White Lightning lift off!
Mach Shock getting after it on a J550 Moonshine!

Next up is a three way drag race with Estes Scorpios on Aerotech G74-9 motors. All three flights were 100% successful!

An Estes Pro Series II Vogle leaving the rail on an E16. This super slow liftoff resulted in a staging event that occurred at about 100 feet. Very cool flight that was 100% successful.

This one really got off the rail FAST. Eagle 2 had a great boost on an Aerotech J500 and the onboard cameras took some great shots!

Up close and personal with No Limits on an Aerotech K1800 Super Thunder. This one hit over 5,600′ and had a perfect recovery.

Up next is a beautiful upscale of an Estes Big Daddy. This flew on a CTI L910 C-Star and marked the first flight off the away cell for the season.

The “BOMB!!!” Flying here on a D22

Beautiful liftoff of an extended LOC IV on an Aerotech I284!

We saw a bunch of cert attempts this weekend. The Aerotech H73 and CTI H125 are traditional cert motors at BattlePark

A 3″ LOC Precision Magnum heading for the skies on an Aerotech G64. This one has a perfect recovery controlled by a Jolly Logic chute’ release.
Had several VERY nice hybrid flights over the weekend. Here we see one venting a split second before ignition.
Three large rockets being prepped for flight on the second row. Set 220 feet from the flight line, this row supports flights up to K power on both 10/10 and 15/15 rails.
The full scale Arcas did some work over the weekend with several very nice flights. This one on an EX K700 ‘Blue.’
A beautiful (and LOUD) liftoff of a WildMan Drago on a CTI J760 White Thunder.

This rocket called “Over the Rainbow” had a beautiful liftoff on an Aerotech I600, and a perfect recovery. Well done!

This L2 cert attempt absolutely HAULED off the rail thanks to a peppy J350. Congratulations to the flyer as the flight was successful!
Out on the second row the Expediter lifts off on a CTI J280 Smoky Sam for a perfect flight.