AlnessW
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Just posted this to our local email lists.
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Photos and video from the weekend can be found here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104803...gePickupLaunch?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnnzNGowq_8_wE#
The video clips are unedited, so the timepoint of the actual launches can be found in the caption of each video.
Launch report:
Left Portland at 6:30 on Saturday morning just as the sun was coming up. Made a quick stop for breakfast and supplies in Sandy before continuing over the pass easy drive out.
Got to Brothers at around 11:30 and touched base with Fred, Keith Stansbury and the Clark College team before setting up camp and my pad. They were heads-down at their encampment all afternoon getting their rocket ready to fly on a CTI L2375. Surprisingly, I seemed to have nearly every extra tool they needed to borrow
My PML Miranda was almost prepped so that went on the pad first. Motor was a J90W moonburner that I had built for Rocketober but had to sit on it all winter long, thanks to the cloud deck. Needless to say, I was eager to fly it. You might say it was well worth the wait! Perfect flight to around 4,000, with an easy recovery about 30 yards off the main entry road. However, it did weathercock a bit which brought it to a lower altitude than expected.
After a lunchbreak, Clark College was ready to go. After loading their rocket on Freds tower and getting all the cameras rolling, the project manager did the honors no launch. After lots of testing with no luck, Fred connected his backup system. 5,4,3,2,1 still nothing. I was next up at bat with my system and it worked! Awesome launch with recovery about 1.5 miles south of the flightline, on the ridge behind the homestead hill. The whole team was ecstatic.
They had accomplished their one mission, so Fred and the team packed it up and went home as soon as they got the rocket back. After they left, I got 2 more flights in before the waiver closed at 1700. My Big Bertha flew for the first time in a while on an E12-8 (winnings from the OROC raffle), except it broke a fin on landing since I used a tiny chute. Next up was my Bay Area Rocketry Crayon on an F25W. That also came in for a bit of a hard landing since the motor delay went way longer than advertised weird.
With a forecast of 28 degrees that night, in addition to the fact that the port-a-potties werent in service and that I was the only person on-site, I headed into Bend. This turned out to be a very wise choice! Got some rest and headed back out to Brothers in the morning, to fly one more rocket and to collect my easy-up and launch pad. On the pad that morning was my Binder Galaxy on a J500G. That motor really got it moving! Great flight except the main came out on top for some reason not sure why havent done autopsy on the rocket yet.
Packed it up and headed home at 1:30, stopping for lunch along the way. Another uneventful drive, getting home by 6:00.
Thanks to Fred for organizing this (albeit lightly attended) launch! It was great to finally be out in Brothers again.
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Photos and video from the weekend can be found here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/104803...gePickupLaunch?authkey=Gv1sRgCJnnzNGowq_8_wE#
The video clips are unedited, so the timepoint of the actual launches can be found in the caption of each video.
Launch report:
Left Portland at 6:30 on Saturday morning just as the sun was coming up. Made a quick stop for breakfast and supplies in Sandy before continuing over the pass easy drive out.
Got to Brothers at around 11:30 and touched base with Fred, Keith Stansbury and the Clark College team before setting up camp and my pad. They were heads-down at their encampment all afternoon getting their rocket ready to fly on a CTI L2375. Surprisingly, I seemed to have nearly every extra tool they needed to borrow
My PML Miranda was almost prepped so that went on the pad first. Motor was a J90W moonburner that I had built for Rocketober but had to sit on it all winter long, thanks to the cloud deck. Needless to say, I was eager to fly it. You might say it was well worth the wait! Perfect flight to around 4,000, with an easy recovery about 30 yards off the main entry road. However, it did weathercock a bit which brought it to a lower altitude than expected.
After a lunchbreak, Clark College was ready to go. After loading their rocket on Freds tower and getting all the cameras rolling, the project manager did the honors no launch. After lots of testing with no luck, Fred connected his backup system. 5,4,3,2,1 still nothing. I was next up at bat with my system and it worked! Awesome launch with recovery about 1.5 miles south of the flightline, on the ridge behind the homestead hill. The whole team was ecstatic.
They had accomplished their one mission, so Fred and the team packed it up and went home as soon as they got the rocket back. After they left, I got 2 more flights in before the waiver closed at 1700. My Big Bertha flew for the first time in a while on an E12-8 (winnings from the OROC raffle), except it broke a fin on landing since I used a tiny chute. Next up was my Bay Area Rocketry Crayon on an F25W. That also came in for a bit of a hard landing since the motor delay went way longer than advertised weird.
With a forecast of 28 degrees that night, in addition to the fact that the port-a-potties werent in service and that I was the only person on-site, I headed into Bend. This turned out to be a very wise choice! Got some rest and headed back out to Brothers in the morning, to fly one more rocket and to collect my easy-up and launch pad. On the pad that morning was my Binder Galaxy on a J500G. That motor really got it moving! Great flight except the main came out on top for some reason not sure why havent done autopsy on the rocket yet.
Packed it up and headed home at 1:30, stopping for lunch along the way. Another uneventful drive, getting home by 6:00.
Thanks to Fred for organizing this (albeit lightly attended) launch! It was great to finally be out in Brothers again.
