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George checks in Cindy’s rocket.
Photo by Christian Bruggeman |
The weather wasn’t too kind for our first contest launch this year - it was a tad windy, 10 to 15MPH keeping the bigger motors in the packages and the glider fliers cautious, but it was pretty warm with mostly sunny skies.
The first flight was a bit delayed; the range was open at roughly 11:30, but for some reason no one had a rocket to fly for 30 or more minutes. To make up for that, we continued right past the 5:00 mark and flew until well past 6:30PM. Bill started the day with a very nice flight of his Big Daddy on a D12-5. Alan didn’t get started until 4:00, but didn’t miss a beat for at least a solid hour and became the top flier of the day with some 13 flights! The final flight was by Dave Bucher, who launched a very unusual spinning saucer with three B6-4 motors. Unfortunately, the Chinette plates weren’t able to take the load of three motors and the lug ripped off. It left the rod at just about that point, but didn’t actually go anywhere.
The competitors started launching at about one-ish. The first being Dave B. with his predicted duration flight using a much flown Mercury Redstone. He was followed by Dave L. a flight or two later with his Manga. Finally, Christian B. put in a predicted duration flight with his brand new Chrome Dome. Then the gliders came out. The two Daves went head to head in that event. Finally, the altitude birds were flown between 4:30 and 5:30. The tracking was done by Dave L. and Tim B., with Dave B. standing in for Dave L. while Dave prepped and flew a second attempt since his first flight had an unclosed track. Dave Bucher won the glider event by one second (it was a very competitive event) and was, therefore the contest winner overall. The prizes were new kits, donated from Classic Cones. The contest results are now official.
“You know you have to recover that to certify, don’t you?”
Photo by Christian Bruggeman |
There were some very interesting flights worth mentioning. Bill’s Phantom 4000 made another of its standard spectacular flights, we were all holding our breath as it neared the power lines, but it cleared (and just in time since we were all turning blue) only to land beyond the lines in a tree. Fortunately, it wasn’t too high and Bill and Zoron were able to recover it without breaking anything. A brand new rocket of your’s truly put in a very nice flight on a Pro38 single grain. The deployment wasn’t so hot, however, since I forgot to tape the nose on — it was supposed to split in the middle, but blew the nose off instead so the ’chute wasn’t able to deploy. The damage wasn’t severe, fortunately. Cindy Eskina made her first successful flight. Dave Bucher made a level one attempt later in the afternoon.
Does it get any better than this?
Photo by Christian Bruggeman |
The flight was quite nice, it ejected very high, however, and drifted into the trees South of the field. He and the field owner were not able to locate it. Dave and Carol promised to look for it as time allows this week. Keep your fingers crossed! Thanks, Bill, for hanging around a little longer to witness the flight. Dave Bucher’s R17 had a mishap but managed to survive despite a very low and very fast cruise missile profile that was caused by the pad falling over at launch. Should ’a’ used the Wasp, Dave!
The club wishes to thank Dave and Carol Alburty for hosting our launch, and getting the waiver at the last minute. Also, thanks to Bill Hensley for helping pick up and setup of the equipment, and to Christian Bruggeman and Dave Bucher for helping with getting it put away. We are grateful to anyone who helped check, flip switches, and with setup and tear down of the range. Thanks is also due to Classic Cones for donating some kits for contest prizes. These kits look very well done.
Now for the statistics. There were 9 fliers, who made 49 flights, burning 53 motors. There were two staged flights (#31 & #38), both successful, and one clustered flight (#49) which wasn’t a complete success though not a catastrophe. The total impulse was 1,682.86 which falls in the ‘K’ impulse range.
Launch Data
| Launch
| Fliers Name
| Rocket Name(s)
| Motor
| Comments
| 
Bring out the Holy Handgrenade!
Photo by Christian Bruggeman |
| 1
| Bill Hensley
| Big Daddy
| D12-5
| Good flight
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| 2
| Bill Hensley
| Baby Bertha
| C6-5
|
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| 3
| Tim Burger
| Sprint Magnum
| E28-4
| Standard good performance.
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| 4
| Dave Lucas
| Penny Rocket
| B6-4
|
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| 5
| Bill Hensley
| Quest Apollo
| A6-4
|
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| 6
| Zoron Hensley
| Big Dog
| B6-4
|
|
| 7
| Dave Lucas
| Glider X
| A3-4T
|
|
| 8
| Tim Burger
| No-Name
| G69-5
| Oops, didn't deploy fully
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| 9
| Dave Bucher
| Mercury Redstone
| C6-3
| Predicted duration; P=48 A=16
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| 10
| Zoron Hensley
| Yellow Jacket
| B6-4
| Late 'Chute
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| 11
| Bill Hensley
| Phantom 4000
| G35-4W
| Landed in tree; recovered OK
|
| 12
| Dave Lucas
| Manga
| C6-5
| Predicted duration; P=34 A=69
|
| 13
| Dave Bucher
| Holy RPG of Antioch
| D12-5
| Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade!
| 
Photo by Christian Bruggeman
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| 14
| Bill Hensley
| Airspike
| E11-3J
| Nice flight; smokey!
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| 15
| Cindy Eskina
| Super Nova
| D12-3
| Good!
|
| 16
| Dave Bucher
| C Rocket Glider
| C6-3
| Competition: 5:20S; crashed
|
| 17
| Bill Hensley
| Big Brute
| G35-7W
| Very nice!
|
| 18
| Christian Bruggeman
| Chrome Dome
| B6-4
| Predicted Duration P=30 A=18.2
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| 19
| Tim Burger
| Big Bertha Magnum
| E28-4
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| 20
| Dave Bucher
| C Rocket Glider Mk II
| C6-3
| Competition: 42S
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| 21
| Bill Hensley
| Big Brute
| G80-7
|
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| 22
| Dave Lucas
| C Rocket Glider
| C6-3
| Competition: 13S
| 
Photo by Christian Bruggeman. |
| 23
| Christian Bruggeman
| Snitch
| C6-0
|
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| 24
| Tim Burger
| Interceptor G
| F50-6
| Nice
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| 25
| Dave Bucher
| Certification Rocket
| H70-10W
| Level 1 attempt; rocket lost
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| 26
| Dave Lucas
| GoGo V2.1
| A10-3T
| Altitude: Track lost
|
| 27
| Christian Bruggeman
| Flash
| A8-3
| Altitude: ?
|
| 28
| Dave Lucas
| Flash
| A8-3
| Altitude: ?
|
| 29
| Dave Bucher
| A Altitude
| A8-3
| Altitude: ?
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| 30
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Baby Bertha
| C6-5
| Nice first flight, long drift
|
| 31
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Zenith
| B6-0 / B6-4
| Good staging!
|
| 32
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Shuttle Express
| B6-4
|
| 
Photo by Christian B. |
| 33
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Silver Streak
| 1/2A3-4T
|
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| 34
| Tim Burger
| Sprint 24C
| D9-4
|
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| 35
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Zoomee
| 1/2A3-4T
| Nice glide
|
| 36
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Gemini DC
| C6-5
|
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| 37
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Fat Boy
| C6-5
|
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| 38
| Alan Shaffmaster
| CC Express
| D12-0 / D12-7
|
|
| 39
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Mustang
| F21-?
|
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| 40
| Alan Shaffmaster
| V-2
| F21-?
|
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| 41
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Mustang
| G35-?
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| 
Photo by Tim B. |
| 42
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Initiator
| G80-?
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| 43
| George Scheil
| Tubular Rocket
| A8-3
| Piston Launcher
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| 44
| Tim Burger
| Maxi-Alpha
| D9-4
| Very late delay
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| 45
| Dave Bucher
| R17-5KVO
| F50-?
| Pad flopped; long cruise missile; rocket OK!
|
| 46
| Christian Bruggeman
| Mean Machine
| D12-5
| First flight. Didn't deploy fully
|
| 47
| Alan Shaffmaster
| Warthog
| G35-7
|
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| 48
| Dave Bucher
| Astro Blaster
| E15P
| Crashed!
|
| 49
| Dave Bucher
| Spin Dizzy
| B6-4 X 3
| Lost launch lug
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Contest Data
Contest Director: George Scheil
Photo by Tim Burger
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Overall Standings
| Contestant |
NAR Points |
| Dave Bucher |
368 |
| Dave Lucas |
224 |
| Christian Bruggeman |
120 |
Predicted Duration Event
| Contestant |
Prediction |
Measured Times |
Percentage |
| Christian Bruggeman |
30s |
18.2s |
39.3% |
| Dave Bucher |
48s |
16.83s |
64.9% |
| Dave Lucas |
34s |
69.24s |
103.6% |
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A Altitude Event
| Contestant |
Measured Altitude |
| Dave Bucher |
223m |
| Dave Lucas |
189m |
| Christian Bruggeman |
95m |
C Rocket Glider Event
| Contestant |
Measured Time |
| Dave Bucher |
47s |
| Dave Lucas |
46s |
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Launch Data
Flights by Rocketeers
| Flights |
Rocketeer(s) |
| 13 |
Alan Shaffmaster |
| 9 |
Dave Bucher |
| 7 |
Bill Hensley |
| 6 |
Tim Burger |
| Dave Lucas |
| 4 |
Christian Bruggeman |
| 2 |
Zoron Hensley |
| 1 |
George Scheil |
| Cindy Eskina |
| 
Photo by Christian Bruggeman
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Rockets Making Multiple Flights
| Flights |
Rocket |
Rocketeer |
| 2 |
Big Brute |
Bill Hensley |
| Mustang |
Alan Shaffmaster |
|
Photo by Tim Burger |
Totals by Motor
| Motor |
Number |
Impulse |
| 1/2A3 |
2 |
2.18 |
| A3 |
2 |
4.44 |
| A6 * |
1 |
2.00 |
| A8 |
3 |
6.96 |
| A10 * |
1 |
2.00 |
| B6 |
10 |
43.30 |
| C6 |
10 |
88.20 |
| D9 |
2 |
37.52 |
| D12 |
6 |
101.04 |
| E11 |
1 |
32.74 |
| E15 |
1 |
39.76 |
| E28 |
2 |
79.38 |
| F21 |
2 |
120.90 |
| F50 |
2 |
153.66 |
| G35 |
4 |
403.28 |
| G69 |
1 |
110.00 |
| G80 |
2 |
232.50 |
| H70 |
1 |
200.00 |
| Totals: |
53 |
1682.86 Newtons |
| * Guessing on the exact impulse for these
motors. |
| 
Photo by Tim Burger
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Submitted by Tim Burger
NAR 78486 L1.
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