BlueSkies 98 Report
October 11, 2015
Highland Sod Farm
Elizabethtown, KY

It was a cool morning in the high 40 but turned out to be a great day to fly rockets in the upper 70's with low winds that got stronger as the day got longer.

We had 6 fliers with 18 flights on 19 motors burned. The total impulse was 2787.3 N-sec. (CTI L1050) .

Motor breakdown:
  • 1/8A - 0
  • 1/4A - 0
  • 1/2A - 0
  • A - 2
  • B - 7
  • C - 1
  • D - 2
  • E - 1
  • F - 1
  • G - 1
  • H - 0
  • I - 3
  • J - 1
  • K - 0
  • L - 0
  • M - 0

    Flyers and their Birds.
    Name Flights Comments
    Joe Magginnis 8
    1. EX-200 (A3-4T) Never left pad. standoff melted to Plastic LL.
    2. Flip Flyer (B6-4) Maiden Flight
    3. Super Alpha (D12-3) Maiden Flight.
    4. Patriot (B6-4) .
    5. Vegabond (E9-4) Long walk. Ed recovered for me. Thanks Ed.
    6. Flip Flyer (B6-4) Body did not flip like last time.
    7. Gold Streak (A8-3) Fin Can separated from Body Tube. Model Repairable.
    8. Softball Rocket (F29-5) Model got some real good height.
    Darryl Hankes 4
    1. SPEV (B6-4) Nice looking rocket with a good flight. Went pretty high on a B6.
    2. Silver Bullet (J354W) .
    3. Penatranroc (B6-4) .
    4. Mercury Redstone (B6-4) .
    Zachary McKinney 2
    1. Patriot (B6-4) Zachary's First Flight.
    2. Helios (D12-0/C6-7) Model went horizontal and landed a goodly distance across the road to the south. Chute did not deploy and upper stage body tube was destroyed.
    Ed Motley 2
    1. Ventris (G80-10T)
    2. Leviathan 54 (I470) Good flight. Landed in a tree but was recovered.
    Dylan Hankes 1
    1. AMRAAM (I435W)
    Michael Turner 1
    1. Hyper LOC 300 (I242W) .

    Come to our next launch and enjoy the fun.

    Our next Sport launch scheduled is November 7, 2015 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 2015 season are now due at $20.00 for the year.

    We still need a Tripoli member to replace Darrell as the Prefect, so if intrested contact Darrell.

    END 10/12/2015 END