5 June 2010
What a fantastic weekend!
Both local and interstate participants came together to make this years 2nd Annual Williams 'Wildfire' Westernationals a roaring success.
Treated to an abundance of diverse rocket designs, engine configurations and general banter, flyers and spectators alike came away from the event grinning from ear to ear!
The launching of WA's largest commercial motor in the form of an N2000 in the club built White Trash seemed to pale in comparison to a weekend of comraderie between like minded rocket enthusiasts.
Rocketry in Australia continues to grow.
13 April 2010
Tripoli WA now has it's own TAP member!
Dave Couzens, Prefect of Tripoli Western Australia, has been appointed to Tripoli Rocketry Association's Technical Advisor Panel.
Australia has previously held the services of another TAP member in the form of David Wilkins. Wilkins, however, is based geographically on the south east side of the continent and as Australia's rocket community grows, our three current prefectures are each still separated by literally thousands of kilometres.
This new TAP appointment exposes our growing list of Western Australian membership to an official avenue of expertise that is both local - or at least within an hour's drive or so - and accessible in person for face to face contact and mentoring.
All in all, great news for rocketry in Western Australia.
30 May 2009
Attendees of Tripoli WA's inaugural Williams 'Wildfire' Westernationals 2-day event were treated to the spectacular launch of a scatch built upscaled Thor on a M1450W motor. The M impulse motor was not just a first for the Tripoli WA club but also a first for the state of Western Australia as it was the largest commercial motor to be flown here since October '08 which saw WA's first launch of a commercial K impulse motor.
Not only the M launch but another first for WA Rocketry was Mark's launch of his PML Quantum Leap on a J401FJ booster and J135W sustainer. It was awesome! The first two stage commercial high power launch in WA!
25 October 2008
Tripoli WA's last event of its 2008 launching season culminated in a first for the club. Flying on a K1100, the largest commercial motor ever officially flown in the state, a BSD Thor-X took to the skies above Williams in a sensational finale that stimulated all the senses.