BlueSkies54 Report
November 12, 2011

It was VERY windy and a few clouds most of the day at ACD Park. I got there at 9:30 and left at 5:30. The winds were from the SW which carried the rockets away from the occupied areas and caused less worry about landings.

We had 10 fliers with 44 flights and 51 motors burned. The total impulse was 530.5 N-sec. (Loki I430) .

Motor breakdown:

  • 1/8A - 0
  • 1/4A - 0
  • 1/2A - 2
  • A - 7
  • B - 14
  • C - 17
  • D - 5
  • E - 4
  • F - 1
  • G - 1
  • H - 2
  • I - 0
  • J - 0
  • K - 0
  • L - 0
  • M - 0

    Flyers and their Birds. 5
    Name Flights Comments
    Joe Magginnis 14
    1. Snitch (B6-0) Good Flight
    2. Snitch (B6-0) Drag with Snitch above
    3. Snitch (C6-0) Good Flight
    4. Snitch (C6-0) Drag with Snitch below.
    5. Snitch (C6-0) Drag with Snitch above.
    6. Gold Strike (C6-5) Good flight. .
    7. Sky Dive (C6-3) Good Flight
    8. Metalizer (C6-3) Good Flight
    9. Patriot 18 (B6-4) Good Flight
    10. Patriot 24 (E28-7T) Lost Rocket.
    11. Sonic Boom (C6-3) Good Flight.
    12. Yellow Jacket (B6-4) Good Flight.
    13. Spin Control (B6-4) Good Flight.
    14. Genesis 2000 (A8-3) Good Flight.
    15. Dragonite (B6-4) Good Flight.
    Jeff Caldwell 10
    1. Lil Ivan (A8-3) Good Flight.
    2. Lil Ivan (B6-4) A little more powerful motor took it higher.
    3. Amazing Point (B6-2) Excellent choice delay.
    4. Amazing Point (C6-4) Good Flight with a more powerful motor.
    5. SAM 3 (A8-3)Crashed in parking lot
    6. Sidewinder (B6-2) Slow liftoff.
    7. Black Brant (C11-5) Drag race with Jeff. Got off pad first but due to angled flight had lower altitude..
    8. Stovi (F12-5) Did not see this one.
    9. Sidewinder (C6-3) Good flight with a more powerful motor.
    10. Defender (A8-5) Nice repair from the last flight. This time all motors lit and made for a beautiful flight.
    Carly & Jeff deDoming 5
    1. A Door Knob (B6-4) Interesting Flight.
    2. Video Rocker (D12-7) Did not see this one.
    3. Boat tale (G71-4) Did not see.
    4. Purple with a White Nose Cone (D12-7 & C11 x2) Lawn Dart.
    5. V2 (D12-7) Good Flight.
    Dennis Stevens 4
    1. 3 Stage fin rocket (C6-0,C6-0, B6-6) Unstable and lawn darted.
    2. Kraken (E9-6) Lost Model.
    3. Meteor Masher (C6-5) Ejection occured just above the pavement. No Damage.
    4. Gnome (A10-3T) Separation. Lost Nose Cone.
    Darryl Hankes 2
    1. Booster Dart (H400) Used trackers to find rockets.
    2. Booster Dart (H400) Booster lawn darted and was damaged. Unable to find dart.
    James Roff 2
    1. Big Daddy (E9-6) Good Flight.
    2. Legacy (B6-0) Slow lift off. Delay too long causing a lawn dart.
    Kadi Roff 2
    1. Snitch (C6-0) Good Flight.
    2. Snitch (B6-0) Good Flight.
    Maguire Roff 2
    1. Snitch (C6-0) Good Flight.
    2. Snitch (B6-0) Good Flight.
    Carly deDoming 1
    1. Baby Birtha (C6-7) Good Flight.
    Jeff deDoming 1
    1. Black Brant (C11) Drag Race with Jeff. 2nd off the pad but highest altitude due to straight flight.
    Patrick Peterson 1
    1. Orange Crust (D9-4) Good Flight. Interesting recovery method.

    Remember, the club still has some motor packs available for $3.00 a pack. That's a far cry from the current retail prices. See Dennis Stevens for purchases.

    Our next launch is scheduled for December 3, 2011 at Sims Farm. Come and have fun. Hope to see ya all then.

    Stay tuned to this web site for launch schedule updates.

    See you there.

    END 11/13/2011 END