TRA 03 Report
January 09, 2011
Sims Farm

Not a bad day to fly rockets. The skies were clear, and temps were chilly but there were no winds earily in the morning with slight winds later in the afternoon.

We had 3 fliers with 11 flights and 11 motors burned. The total impulse was 2085.12ns. an AT K828FJ .

Motor breakdown:

Motor breakdown commercial:

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

    Motor breakdown research:

  • A - 0
  • B - 0
  • C - 0
  • D - 0
  • E - 0
  • F - 1
  • G - 2
  • H - 0
  • I - 0
  • J - 0

    Flyers and their Birds.
    Name Flights Comments
    Jeff Caldwell 4
    1. Miranda (I357T) Great Flight then treed it.
    2. Stovi (H210R) Fast and Straight Flight.
    3. Apex (F52-8T) Wild Ride.
    4. Hornet (B4-4) Shotest walk of the day.
    Joe Magginnis 4
    1. Cowabunga (I285R) Early Ejection Separated the Nose Cone and part of the body tube above the fins. All parts were recovered. That was a heck of a zipper.
    2. Mini Magg (H186TR) Chuff, Chuff, and away. Nice Flight.
    3. Batray (F50-6T) Nice Quick Flight.
    4. Batray (F100-6 EX) FSI motor manufactured in Oct. 1985. Quick lift off then blow through. Out came the guts. Rocket landed East of the pad while the guts landed West of the pad.
    Darryl Hankes 3
    1. MD38L (I180SK) It flew.
    2. Souys (G120F EX) Great 24 mm motor.
    3. Diablo (G40 DTG EX) Didn't go as planned.

    Next research launch 1/23/11 stay tuned to the site for updates. Darryl

    END 1/14/11 END