BlueSkies 66 Report
April 13, 2013


This launch was at the Sod Farm in Elizabethtown, KY. It was a decent day, a moderate winds from the West and mostly sunny.

We had 3 fliers with 7 flights and 7 motors burned. The total impulse was 14,934 N-sec. (Cesaroni N3180 Red Lightning) .


Motor breakdown:

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


    Flyers and their Birds.
    Name Flights Comments
    Joe Magginnis 4
    1. Big Bertha (D12-3) Good Flight. Long walk to recover.
    2. Semroc Goblin(D12-3) Good Flight. Long walk to recover. Only a few feet from the Big Bertha.
    3. Levithan (F29-7) Great Flight. Landed only a few feet from the launch controller. Easy Recovery
    4. Big Bertha (E28-7) Quick Lift off. Long walk to recover. Broke fin from body tube. Easy Repair.
    WKU 2
    1. Pie Bar (L1395BS) Good Flight.
    2. Pie Bar (L1395BS) Good Flight. Awesome motor
    Hartford College 1
    1. USL I (L1115C) Good Flight. Recovery in Tree. Rocket Recovered.

    Our next Sport launch is scheduled for April 27th at Sims Farm and a Research Launch April 284th at Sims Farm . This will be our last chance to get into Sims Farm until December, so pray that the weather remains good so the farm will be ready for us.
    If the farm is not ready, there will be no launch this weekend.
    Come and have fun.
    Hope to see ya all then.

    Stay tuned to this web site for launch schedule updates.

    Dues are now due for the 2013 season at a special price of $20.00 for the year.

    END 04/15/2013 END