For us poor soles who couldn't attend we need more pictures.
The one that failed was an M2250, the one that worked and flew the V2 perfectly was an L910. This is a great rocket. Can't wait to sees. Bunch of them...has there ever been a V2 drag race? I'm sure there will be one soon.Jason
I did get my rocket fix on Sat. Went to Bong for the College launch there was about 25 teams. Some very interesting flights for the most part the kids did very well. A few recovery problems. What motor was the WM V2 using? the one that let go on the rail.
Thanks to everyone who showed up*, getting to see some old friends, make some new friends and seeing some awesome flights makes it worth the work! What a great weekend, Friday exclude, although it was great in other ways.
We did find a Kindle at the field. If you lost one contact Curtis Reynolds [email protected] he will make arrangements for its return.
*Except for the one that didn't clean up after themselves. You left toys, candy wrappers, drink cans and bottles. We can only use these fields if the owners allow us. Not cleaning up after yourself is a quick way to lose the privilege of flying here. We clean up other peoples trash, not make more-that somebody else had to clean up.
*Except for the one that didn't clean up after themselves. You left toys, candy wrappers, drink cans and bottles. We can only use these fields if the owners allow us. Not cleaning up after yourself is a quick way to lose the privilege of flying here. We clean up other peoples trash, not make more-that somebody else had to clean up.
has there ever been a V2 drag race? I'm sure there will be one soon.
First and foremost, a heartfelt Thank you to the crew that put on the launch. Love our friends at Indiana Rocketry; thanks for the warm welcome and the great launch!:handshake:
Preface: I'm not the best photographer, I was there for a limited time, and part of that time was with camera in hand. I took photos of what I could. Enjoy!
Thursday Evening:
I judged an event in Milwaukee, WI on Thursday afternoon; so we left from there and arrived in Lafayette around midnight. We stopped somewhere in between for a unique meal. Not wanting McD's or similar, I saw a place called "YOU MUST EAT.....BARBECUE" somewhere between Chicago and Gary, maybe in IL, maybe in IN. We had turkey tips, a brisket sandwich, and used the restroom, not necessarily in that order. The modest restroom contained a semi-literate sign that I found amusing.
Friday
When the clouds came up on Saturday morning, we found ourselves in the wetlands of Indiana. The corner of N475E and E1300S was a good example of the conditions: flooded and sufficient wind to produce white-caps in the mini lakes.
We moped around the launchsite and visited for a while before leaving to check up on a lost Gizmo from TS4. Before leaving, the Wildman handed me a 4" Jart; I didn't ask for it, I didn't (haven't yet) paid for it, it was just handed to me...interesting sales tactic!
After a mile walk through a bit of muck, we were awarded with the booster of the Gizmo; though the cone and chute were still in the tree, it was nice to get the booster, motor hardware, tracker, and altimeter back!
The remainder of Friday was spent prepping, eating Shewman, drinking (some more than others), and speed building 4" Jarts.
Bag:
Bathed:
Build:
Enough babbling, let's fly some rockets, shall we?
Saturday
The forecast for the remainder of the weekend was far more promising than the monsoon on Friday. Thus, early on, a young gentlemen had the first flight of Thundemuck 5 by launching an Estes bird on some trusty black powder and clay. Soon after, I flew the trusty Loc Magnum on a Kosdon K777 Fast 75-2G load; nearly a full K motor. It took the 5.5" bird to 5800'.
And recovered gently out in the field. Thought it would be an easy recovery.
Thought wrong. Really tough to get out of there alive.:y:
I made it back to the range just before Carl VanCamp vaulted his L3 bird, a 6" Ultimate Dark Star on the mighty N10,000 VMax. Rod whipped her to the East a bit, but cool nonetheless!
Tim Dixon followed soon after with his Loc 429SS powered by a pair of H238T's on the pad airstarting G138T's if I remember correct. A nice boost, a long delay, and then the airstarts which took the bird to the East a bit. Cool flight!
Speaking of airstarts, John Gaskill launched his Cluster F*ck on a lot of motors. Something like a K1100T off the pad, followed a coast and then two white motors, followed by another coast and another pair of white motors. Kick @ass; love airstarted clusters:
On the same rack, Preston Nobile flew a trusty Comp4 on his first 3" sparky; a 3 grain L6something (am I close?). Sweet motor Preston; sweet flight!
...to be continued...
AI. Eric is a robot. No other explanation makes sense!Thanks for the great pics Eric. Great to see one of mine in there. I don't know how you have time to fly rockets and get so many great pics and remember all the fliers and and motor combo's.
I had a wildly successful flight on my new Kill Bill rocket even though everything was new and I guessed at the ejection charges.
Hey, Kill Bill rocket was yours John?!? We were nearly parked by each other. Sorry I didn't put two and two together and come over to say hi! Thanks for answering my MARSA54 question earlier today. /Tim
Oh, and I am a Kill Bill (well Uma Thurman) fan:
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