BlueSkies 112 Report
November 11, 2017
Highland Sod Farm
Elizabethtown, KY

Temperatures were in the low 30's at the start but ended in the high 40's near the end of the launch. The light to no winds were from the SW making for great landings. The 1515 launch rail for High Power was used for the U of L flights and the 1010 rail was used for the rest of the High Power Flights. Several L1 attempts were made. We had 9 fliers with 44 successful flights on 48 motors burned. The total impulse was 2,144.4 N-sec. (Cesaroni K1275R-P) .

Motor breakdown:
  • 1/8A - 0
  • 1/4A - 0
  • 1/2A - 1
  • A - 1
  • B - 6
  • C - 13
  • D - 2
  • E - 6
  • F - 10
  • G - 6
  • H - 1
  • I - 2
  • J - 0
  • K - 0
  • L - 0
  • M - 0

    Flyers and their Birds.
    Name Flights Comments
    Don Branch 15
    1. Bull Pup (B6-4) Straight Flight. No roll. Landed near Pond.
    2. Vegabond 2 (D12-5) Nice Flight. Near Landing.
    3. Solar Warrior (C11-5) Short Flight. Good Landing.
    4. Vegabond 2 (E12-6)
    5. Plasma Probe (C6-5)
    6. Maxi Alpha 3 (F30-6FJ)
    7. Mega Der Red Max (G38-4FJ)
    8. Solar Warrior (E20-7W)
    9. Mega Der Red Max (G80-7T)
    10. Vegabond 2 (?)
    11. Red Max (C6-5)
    12. Hornet (C6-7)
    13. Photon Probe (C6-7)
    14. Guardian (C6-7)
    15. Vegabond 2 (F32-6T)
    Earl Branch 10
    1. Red Flare (E20-7W)Nice Flight after second iginier.
    2. Mammoth (F42-4T) Nice Flight.
    3. Hi-Jacker (F10-4) Slow Liftoff. Needed more power.
    4. Trajector (F42-4T)Nice straight launch. Nice Recovery.
    5. G-Force (G80-7T) Flight went horizontal and lawn darted. Rocket destroyed.
    6. Nike Smoke (G40-4W) Great Flight.
    7. Mirage (stretched) (G80-7T). Good flight. Good recovery. Not much rod left.
    8. Metalizer (C6-5) Nice Launch. Easy recovery.
    9. Mammoth (F27-4R)
    10. Strong Arm (F42-4T). Great Flight with slow lift-off. Straight Flight.
    Gerry Morford 6
    1. Scud (F44-4W). Good flight.
    2. Commanche-3 (D12-0/B6-0/A8-3) All three stages iginited and recovered.
    3. Spaceship One (E9-4) 456'
    4. Ranger (3xC6-3). 1271'
    5. Prowler (F15-8) 1205'
    6. Tomahawk-D (E9-4) 555'
    Joe Magginnis 4
    1. Snitch (B6-0). Good flight.
    2. Snitch (C6-3) Great flight
    3. Silver Streak (1/2A3-2T)
    4. Genesis 2000 (B6-4)
    Michael Turnner 4
    1. Apogee Aspire (E18W)
    2. Torrent (G76) Great
    3. Pheonix Bird (C6-5)
    4. Pheonix Bird (C6-5)
    Amber Tillman 2
    1. Flip Flop (B6-4) First Flight.
    2. Recoil (B6-4)
    Matthew Cosgrove 1
    1. Subscale (I300) drouge tangled and never deployed causing damage to fins and body tube.
    Eric Lewis 1
    1. Fooled Me Once II (I150) Unsuccessful L1 attempt. Broke fin.
    Ducan Sellberger 1
    1. Winter Wonderland (H120-9A) Chute release at 400'. Successful L1 certification.

    Congratulation to Ducan on his successful L1 Flight Certification. Welcome to the world of high power rocketry.

    Come to our next launch and enjoy the fun.

    Our next Sport launch scheduled is February 2018 at the Highland Sod Farm in Elizabethtown, KY .

    Launch Fees are $10.00 for HPR and $5.00 for low power per day
    Stay tuned to this web site for launch schedule updates.

    Dues for the 2017 season are now due at $20.00 for the year.

    END 11/12/2017 END