QCRS 2016 Season

[CzTeacherMan]

Demon 98 on K2045 Vmax
Photo courtesy of my wife with lightning fast fingers!!

 

[djs]

good launching today- even with the wind. My father in law saw his first HPR launch ever, and really liked the K motors and the 2 stager.

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

Gus...
Chicago Fire, M4770

Thank you for the picture oint: Eric...BOY, do i look like a stuck up little critter! :lol:

On a serious note, i would like to thank QCRS for hosting such a great event today that brought out not only my old friends, new friends and, several high school/college students to an absolutely beautiful day in Princeton! Afterwards i had a chance to run up to Van Orin and, see Tim and, Jackie...He's doing good, very sore but, great to see my friend is getting better after his surgery!

I would also like to briefly thank-

Eric oint:, Justin Farrand and, Dennis Watkins for all their help today at the pad preparing for that thundering launch.

Hostess Twinkies for just being so damn awesome...

The essential elements of Earth, Divine Wind and, Fire...

Young College girls wearing really tight exercise pants, for just being you...wah, wah, wah!

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

Demon 98 on K2045 Vmax
Photo courtesy of my wife with lightning fast fingers!!

OH YEAH! I forgot...

"That Demon went so fast!"

How *fast* did it go

"It CR:surprisedPED it's paint..."

Nice flight Eric!

 

[WLViking]

Thank you all for a great day today! It was really nice to meet many of you for the first time and to see Erik and Glen again. Also great to put a face to a name Adrian! Special thanks to Gus for showing me how he put together that monster!

Looking forward to seeing everyone again in March!

 

[SparkyVT]

Hey everyone,

A little lost and found action from the 20 Feb QCRS launch:

1) I'm an idiot and set my camera down in the back field (the one where all the rockets were landing), then proceeded to walk off. If anyone picked up a black Kodak digital camera with a strap, please let me know. I'll pay for shipping.

2) In my 2hrs of searching for my camera I stumbled across a white paper rocket with fiberglass fins. See the pic below. Contact me if its yours. This might be one of the missing Level 1 cert flights from today.



Sparky

 

[Ravenex]

We lost a unpainted black and red jart jr at Midwest power last year. If anyone finds it this year please let me know, it was a bday present to my daughter from Tim

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

We lost a unpainted black and red jart jr at Midwest power last year. If anyone finds it this year please let me know, it was a bday present to my daughter from Tim

Brian, i hope it shows up and, there's still hope. I think yesterday we pretty much located everything that went up and, down. There WERE alot of flights!

Heads up, of course Justin Videoed the event and, pretty soon we should all get to see a teaser of the day on You-Tube! Again, LOTS of flights!

Had a chance also to meet WLViking and, SparkyVTFlyer (if i didn't mention it) Great people's!

Going back to the couch now...Daytona 500 comes on at 1pm and, then slowly put stuffage away and, clean later...Overextended myself yesterday. :caffeine:

 

[CzTeacherMan]

6433ft, max speed 639mph
Don't worry, it'll happen again. That was AWESOME.

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

6433ft, max speed 639mph
Don't worry, it'll happen again. That was AWESOME.
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Eric Flight...

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Gus Flight...

Altitude- 13,361'

Max Speed 1.0 seconds into flight- 1541fps, Mach 1.38, 1050.6mph!

Pulled 51.24 G's at 1.0 second burnout...

Capture courtesy of Marsa...Wah!

 

[CzTeacherMan]

Eric Flight...

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Gus Flight...

Altitude- 13,361'

Max Speed 1.0 seconds into flight- 1541fps, Mach 1.38, 1050.6mph!

Pulled 51.24 G's at 1.0 second burnout...

Capture courtesy of Marsa...Wah!

That was amazing... Can't wait to see Justin's video... Think the pad was weighted down enough?

 

[Dwatkins]

That was amazing... Can't wait to see Justin's video... Think the pad was weighted down enough?

Wasn't on the pad long enough to know it was there 😋
Great flight Gus! Anytime you need a hand just holler.

Dennis

 

[WILDMANRS]

Sorry I missed that one.

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

That was amazing... Can't wait to see Justin's video... Think the pad was weighted down enough?

Thank gosh we weighted it down! :lol:

Wasn't on the pad long enough to know it was there 😋
Great flight Gus! Anytime you need a hand just holler. Dennis

:wink:

Sorry I missed that one.

You were there in spirit...

 

[Onebadhawk]

It sure is nice to see ya pokin around Tim,,
How are you feeling ??
They'll be no swingin from the rafters for a while for you...lol...
Are you keeping a zip lock full of ice wrapped in a kitchen towel on your shoulder ??
It'll sure keep the pain and inflammation down...

Teddy

 

[gerbs4me]

Sounds like a great launch weekend
I plan on coming to next months launch, so ready to launch some rockets!

 

[rfjustin]

[video=youtube;q-yvDBdRSDk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yvDBdRSDk&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[djs]

Justin- thanks as always for making these great videos of the launches!

Question for everyone- can someone tell me more about the 2 stager flights? I saw them go up, but was curious as to what motors they were flying on, etc.

 

[dixontj93060]

Like the K2045 "spittin' mud"!

 

[rfjustin]

Question for everyone- can someone tell me more about the 2 stager flights? I saw them go up, but was curious as to what motors they were flying on, etc.

Green and blue Wildman stager: K-635 to K-160

Yellow Dark Star stager: Reserch K to Research K

 

[SS/EA 6BBL 71 Cuda]

Nice video Justin! Thanks for doing this...

One question though, that rocket at 7:27 in the video-

Was it saying *Baaaaaaarrrp!* :yawn:

Or, *Pfffffffffffffht!* :tongue:

Or, *Rrrrrrrrippppp!* :surprised: Excuse me...:blush:

 

[Ravenex]

Looking forward to the 3/19 launch. Provided the weather is good I should be ready for the first flight of my new 4" FWFG rocket ExPAC on a K515 Skid. https://www.rocketryforum.com/showt...e-Recovery-Test-Vehicle&p=1532092#post1532092

 

[gerbs4me]

[video=youtube;q-yvDBdRSDk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-yvDBdRSDk&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Awesome video Justin!

 

[CzTeacherMan]

Finally got to watch it... Great video. I think one of my students now wants to launch rockets...

 

[gerbs4me]

Demon 98 on K2045 Vmax
Photo courtesy of my wife with lightning fast fingers!!

Very nice picture!

 

[mrwalsh85]

Is the May launch being touted as Mini Midwest Power?

 

[rfjustin]

Is the May launch being touted as Mini Midwest Power?

Yep... May 14-15

 

[mrwalsh85]

Yep... May 14-15

 

[WLViking]

Can't make the March launch, but want to see about getting certified in April. I know it is very early, but can someone give me the test(s) and sign off on it? Will be getting my TRA membership ahead of time and already have my NAR L1. Do I need to take both tests? Also, will I need to cert L1 for TRA before doing the L2 test if I have NAR L1? Is it easier to just do the L1 again that day? I don't mind burning the extra newtons and I will have plenty to launch given the 2 months of no launches.

 

[djs]

Can't make the March launch, but want to see about getting certified in April. I know it is very early, but can someone give me the test(s) and sign off on it? Will be getting my TRA membership ahead of time and already have my NAR L1. Do I need to take both tests? Also, will I need to cert L1 for TRA before doing the L2 test if I have NAR L1? Is it easier to just do the L1 again that day? I don't mind burning the extra newtons and I will have plenty to launch given the 2 months of no launches.

The memberships are transferrable- so you can join TRA as a L1- you just need to show them your NAR card to prove you have an L1 certification already.

or are you just looking for an excuse to fly more rockets?