BlueSkies 117 Report
August 25, 2018
Highland Sod Farm
Elizabethtown, KY

What a great day for a rocket launch. Little to no wind coming initially from the east. Hardly any clouds in the sky. We had 20 fliers with 20 successful flights on 21 motors burned. The total impulse was 2679.1 N-sec. (CTI L585) .

Motor breakdown:
  • 1/8A - 0
  • 1/4A - 0
  • 1/2A - 0
  • A - 2
  • B - 4
  • C - 8
  • D - 1
  • E - 0
  • F - 1
  • G - 0
  • H - 1
  • I - 3
  • J - 1
  • K - 0
  • L - 0
  • M - 0

    Flyers and their Birds.
    Name Flights Comments
    Gary Kaizer 6
    1. Crossfire (B6-4)
    2. Amazon (C6-5)
    3. Cobra (C6-3) .
    4. V-2 (C11-3)
    5. QCC Explorer (D12-5)
    6. Loadstar II (C6-0/B6-4)
    7. Nike-X (B6-4)
    8. Mercury Redstone (C6-3)
    Joe Purvis 3
    1. Mini Mars Lander (A3-4T)
    2. Mini Mars Lander (A3-4T)
    3. Metalizer (C6-5)
    Joe Magginnis 2
    1. UFO 51 (C6-5) - Lost one of the wire feet
    2. Quinstar (C6-5) - Maiden Flight
    Riley Caudill 1
    1. Super Big Bertha (F15-6) - First Flight Ever
    Blase Dannunzio 1
    1. The Riemann (H170) - L1 Attempt Successful. Congrats.
    Justin Lord 1
    1. Flip Flop (B6-4) - Heads up Flight. No clay in Nose Cone Maiden Flight
    Eric Lewis 1
    1. Fooled Me Once Mk. 2.5 (J210) - L2 Attempt Successful. Congrats.
    Michael Meier 1
    1. Matty Daddy (I218) - L1 Attempt was Successful. Congrats.
    Chase Renner 1
    1. Big Fuzzy Siberian Bear (I120) - L1 Attempt was Successful. Congrats.
    Paulo Ribenboim 1
    1. Return of Jabroni (I300T) - First Flight Ever.

    Thanks for all the help and effort given. Come to our next launch and enjoy the fun.

    Our next Sport launch scheduled is September 8, 2018 at the Highland Sod Farm in Elizabethtown, KY .

    The 3 Successful L1 Certification Flight attempts were:

    Blase Dannunzio, The Reimann, (H170)
    Michael Meier, Matty Daddy, (I218)
    Chase Renner, Big Fuzzy Siberian Bear, (I120)
    Congratulation to all three fliers.

    One L2 Certification Flights was successful:
    Eric Lewis, Fooled Me Once Mk 2.5, (J210) The same rocket he got his L1 last month.
    Congratulations.

    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 2018 season are now due at $10.00 for the year.

    END 8/26/2018 END