Launch date and time: 11:00A Saturday, September 27, and 11:00A on Sunday, September 28th, 2003
Launch location: Case Farm, Kansas City, Missouri
Launch wind and weather: Cool (70F) and Windy (15 to 20MPH) but lessening later in the day.
As mentioned before (in the Saturday report) the wind wasn’t any better today. Those who held off on flying competition flights were no better off than they would have been, alas. Nevertheless, we did manage to get in a good number of flights, 70 total, two more than yesterday! The total impulse for the day was 734.12 N which falls in the ‘J’ range, burning 81 motors. There were no staged flights, but there were five clusters, numbers 15, 24, 35,48, and 67.
| Launch | Flier’s Name | Rocket Name(s) | Motor | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Bazinet | Big Daddy | D12-3 | Good flight |
| 2 | Mark Bazinet | Initiator Kitbash | E9-4 | Good first flight |
| 3 | George Scheil | Wacky Wiggler | B6-4 | Good flight |
| 4 | George Scheil | Zenith II | A8-3 | Good flight |
| 5 | Mark Bazinet | Big Bertha | C6-3 | |
| 6 | R. Christian Bruggeman | Silver Chrome Dome | B6-4 | Nice |
| 7 | Taylor Jessee | Screamin MiMi | D12-7 | Good flight |
| 8 | R. Christian Bruggeman | Baby Bertha | B6-4 | Partial deployment-good in the wind! |
| 9 | Mark Bazinet | Monarch | B4-4 | |
| 10 | Kyle Bazinet | Alpha | A8-3 | Good flight |
| 11 | Taylor Jessee | Hot Tamale | C11-3 | Nice demo flight |
| 12 | Mark Bazinet | Monarch | C6-3 | That’ll go a long way! |
| 13 | Mark Bazinet | Big Bertha | B6-4 | Nice landed six feet from the pad |
| 14 | Randall Jessee | Yellow Bird | C6-5 | |
| 15 | Taylor Jessee | 318 Asteroid Prospecter | 3 x B6-4 | Nice! |
| 16 | Paul Case | Big Bertha | A8-3 | Low ejection |
| 17 | R. Christian Bruggeman | Big Bertha | B6-4 | |
| 18 | Taylor Jessee | Nike Smoke | A8-3 | |
| 19 | Taylor Jessee | Airspike | E9-4 | Cool! |
| 20 | Dave Lucas | A streamer | A3-4t | Competition: 2+ minutes! Out of site. |
| 21 | David Brown | Skywinder | B6-4 | |
| 22 | Bob Wingate | A Streamer | A10-3T | Competition: 18.27S |
| 23 | Tim Brown | Big Daddy | D12-3 | |
| 24 | Blair Clark | Cluster’s Last Stand | 3 X B6-4 | All three lit! |
| 25 | Paul Case | AMRAAM | B6-4 | |
| 26 | Taylor Jessee | Maxi-Alpha III | D12-3 | |
| 27 | Randall Jessee | Viking with Tube | A8-3 | Nice! |
| 28 | Tim Brown | Standard ARM | D12-3 | Good! |
| 29 | George Scheil | Night Wing | B6-4 | Good! |
| 30 | Paul Case | AMRAAM | B6-4 | |
| 31 | Taylor Jessee | Blue Ninja | D12-5 | |
| 32 | Alan Shaffmaster | Astro Cam | C6-7 | |
| 33 | Bob Wingate | A Streamer | A3-4T | Competition: 41.46S |
| 34 | Dave Lucas | Eggcellent | B6-2 | Competition: 10.54S |
| 35 | Blair Clark | Cluster’s Last Stand | 3 x C6-5 | C6-5’s Cool! All lit. |
| 36 | George Scheil | Night Wing | C6-3 | |
| 37 | David Brown | Big Daddy | D12-3 | |
| 38 | R. Christian Bruggeman | Big Bertha | C6-5 | Drag race with next |
| 39 | Paul Case | Big Bertha | C6-5 | Drag race with previous |
| 40 | Dave Bucher | Eggloft Rocket | B6-2 | Competition: Engine CATO |
| 41 | Alan Shaffmaster | Egg Rocket | B6-2 | Crunch! |
| 42 | Alan Shaffmaster | Astro Cam | C6-7 | |
| 43 | Blair Clark | LOC NORAD | F20-4 | Loud! |
| 44 | David Brown | Banshee | C6-3 | |
| 45 | Taylor Jessee | AAMRAN II.1 | F23-4FJ | |
| 46 | Dave Bucher | Eggloft Rocket | B6-2 | |
| 47 | George Scheil | DSP | C5-3 | |
| 48 | Taylor Jessee | 318 Asteroid Prospector | 3 x C6-5 | Test track: 176M |
| 49 | Alan Shaffmaster | Egg Rocket | C6-5 | Crunch! |
| 50 | Dave Bucher | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: CATO |
| 51 | Tim Burger | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: 119.9M |
| 52 | Dave Lucas | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: 125.1M |
| 53 | Bob Wingate | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: LOST |
| 54 | Alan Shaffmaster | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: Crunch — DQ |
| 55 | Dave Bucher | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: 108.2M |
| 56 | Bob Wingate | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition:109.5M |
| 57 | Tim Burger | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition:157.3M |
| 58 | Dave Bucher | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: 39.3M |
| 59 | Alan Shaffmaster | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: ? |
| 60 | Dave Lucas | B Payload | B6-4 | Competition: OPEN |
| 61 | Dave Lucas | SLAM | B4-2 | Competition: Future Fantasy, marginally stable, 555 points |
| 62 | George Scheil | Glider Rocket | A10-0 | Two loops, transition at the top, long glide (and walk) |
| 63 | R. Christian Bruggeman | Flying Jenny | A8-3 | |
| 64 | R. Christian Bruggeman | Saturn V | D12-3 | First flight! Whew — nice. |
| 65 | Alan Shaffmaster | Fat Boy | C6-3 | |
| 66 | Taylor Jessee | Maxi-Alpha III | D12-3 | |
| 67 | Dave Bucher | Von Braun Concept | 4 X D12-3 | Competition: Barely stable, looped at the top 675 points |
| 68 | Martin | Drifter-65 | B6-4 | Drag race with next |
| 69 | Dave Bucher | Drifter-65 | B6-4 | Drag race with previous |
| 70 | Taylor Jessee | ? | C6-5 | Last flight of the day. Good! |
| Flights | Rocketeer(s) |
|---|---|
| Taylor Jessee | |
| Dave Bucher | |
| Alan Shaffmaster | |
| Mark Bazinet | |
| R. Christian Bruggeman | |
| George Scheil | |
| Dave Lucas | |
| Paul Case | |
| Bob Wingate | |
| David Brown | |
| Blair Clark | |
| Tim Brown | |
| Tim Burger | |
| Randall Jessee | |
| Martin | |
| Kyle Bazinet |
| Flights | Rocket | Rocketeer |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | B Payload | Dave Bucher |
| 2 | Big Bertha | Mark Bazinet |
| Monarch | ||
| Eggloft Rocket | Dave Bucher | |
| B Payload | Tim Burger | |
| AMRAAM | Paul Case | |
| Big Bertha | ||
| Big Bertha | R. Christian Bruggeman | |
| Cluster's Last Stand | Blair Clark | |
| 318 Asteroid Prospector | Taylor Jessee | |
| Maxi-Alpha III | ||
| B Payload | Dave Lucas | |
| Night Wing | George Scheil | |
| Astro Cam | Alan Shaffmaster | |
| B Payload | ||
| Egg Rocket | ||
| A Streamer | Bob Wingate | |
| B Payload |
| Motor | Number Flown |
Impulse (Newtons) |
|---|---|---|
| A10 | 2 | 4.00 |
| A3 | 2 | 4.44 |
| A8 | 6 | 13.92 |
| B4 | 2 | 8.58 |
| B6 | 32 | 138.56 |
| C11 | 1 | 8.80 |
| C5 | 1 | 9.10 |
| C6 | 18 | 158.76 |
| D12 | 13 | 218.92 |
| E9 | 2 | 55.74 |
| F20 | 1 | 60.45 |
| F23 | 1 | 52.85 |
| Total: | 81 | 734.12 (J) |
| Flights | Rocketeer(s) |
|---|---|
| Taylor Jessee | |
| George Scheil | |
| Dave Bucher | |
| Tim Burger | |
| R. Christian Bruggeman | |
| Alan Shaffmaster | |
| Harrison Cullom | |
| Randall Jessee | |
| Paul Case | |
| Dave Lucas | |
| Mark Bazinet | |
| Blair Clark | |
| Bob Wingate | |
| David Brown | |
| Bill Hensley | |
| Courtney and Andrea | |
| James and Paul Case | |
| Tim Brown | |
| Martin | |
| Kyle Bazinet | |
| Zoron Hensley |
| Motor | Number Flown |
Impulse (Newtons) |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2A3 | 1 | 1.09 |
| A10 | 7 | 14.00 |
| A3 | 5 | 11.10 |
| A8 | 13 | 30.16 |
| B4 | 2 | 8.58 |
| B6 | 65 | 281.45 |
| C11 | 3 | 26.40 |
| C5 | 4 | 36.40 |
| C6 | 26 | 229.32 |
| D12 | 18 | 303.12 |
| E9 | 5 | 139.35 |
| F20 | 3 | 181.35 |
| F23 | 2 | 105.70 |
| F40 | 1 | 78.09 |
| Total: | 155 | 1446.11 (K) |
| Flights | Rocket | Rocketeer |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Ionizer | Harrison Cullom |
| 5 | Fat Boy | Taylor Jessee |
| 4 | Zenith II | George Scheil |
| 3 | B Payload | Dave Bucher |
| AMRAAM | Paul Case | |
| Big Bertha | ||
| Norad | Blair Clark | |
| Wacky Wiggler | George Scheil | |
| Astro Cam | Alan Shaffmaster | |
| 2 | Big Bertha | Mark Bazinet |
| Monarch | ||
| Eggloft Rocket | Dave Bucher | |
| B Payload | Tim Burger | |
| Sparrow A | ||
| Sr. Elite | ||
| Big Bertha | R. Christian Bruggeman | |
| California Dave’s Surfin’ Nose Cone Rocket | ||
| Cluster’s Last Stand | Blair Clark | |
| Baby Bertha | Bill Hensley | |
| Yellow Bird | Randall Jessee | |
| 318 Asteroid Prospecter | Taylor Jessee | |
| Maxi-Alpha III | ||
| Nike Smoke | ||
| B Payload | Dave Lucas | |
| DSP | George Scheil | |
| Night Wing | ||
| B Payload | Alan Shaffmaster | |
| Egg Rocket | ||
| A Streamer | Bob Wingate | |
| B Payload |
Submitted by Tim Burger, NAR78486L1
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