BlueSkies 79 Report
April 26, 2014

It was a beautiful day to shoot high power. There was little to no wind with blue skies.

We had 4 fliers with 20 flights on 32 motors burned. The total impulse was 5058.5 N-sec. (Cesaronia L1685) .

Motor breakdown:
  • 1/8A - 0
  • 1/4A - 0
  • 1/2A - 0
  • A - 6
  • B - 5
  • C - 8
  • D - 2
  • E - 1
  • F - 4
  • G - 1
  • H - 0
  • I - 3
  • J - 0
  • K - 1
  • L - 1
  • M - 0

    Flyers and their Birds.
    Name Flights Comments
    Joe Magginnis 11
    1. Snitch (C6-3)
    2. Snitch (C6-3)
    3. Ascender (F15-0/F15-8) Maiden Flight with booster.
    4. Quad Runner (4 x B6-6) Good Flight.
    5. Ascender (F15-0/F15-8) Good flight.
    6. Quad Runner (4 x C6-5)
    7. Patriot 54mm (I120) Nice and slow lift off.
    8. Quad Runner (4 x A8-4) Good Flight.
    9. Snitch (D10-3) Quick flight. Plastic motor retainer melted to motor.
    10. Big Bertha (E22-5) Maiden Flight using a CTI E22 motor. Good Flight. Motor Mount and casing stripped from model and was lost.
    11. Mongoose (C6-0/B6-6) Lost Sustainer.
    Allen Burnham 5
    1. Mini Max (A10-3) Maiden Flight. Great Flight.
    2. Vegabond (C6-5) Maiden Flight on C6 motor. Wobbly flight. lowest impulse motor for safe flight.
    3. LOC IV extended (G78-6) Great flight.
    4. Solar Warrior (D12-5) .
    5. Viking (A8-3) .
    6. Mirage (G40-4) .
    7. Barracuda (G76-7) .
    8. Ventris (F15-6) .
    Darryl Hankes 3
    1. Drago(I204C) Great High Flight.
    2. Drago (I204 Imax) Good Flightmotor.
    3. BD IV (K940WT) Lost nose cone in tree. later recovered with professional help.
    UofL 1
    1. USLI (L1720) Booster recovery device failed to deploy chute. Sustainer worked great .

    Our next Sport launch is scheduled for May 10th at Sod Farm .

    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 2014 season are only $20.00 for the year.

    END 04/27/2014 END