So I noticed that all of my photos of the Mach Madness competitors are blurry. I'm not sure that's a coincidence
Team Cayemberg starting things off with a 76mm Sconnie Sparky:
Jason Griffin flew his 6" Darkstar again on a 76-7600 M motor:
Evil Ed (Hartle)'s L1 cert flight, with a Goblin on a Loki H100SF:
Speaking of Loki, Chuck "Frontpage" Swindler flew a demo 76mm N load in Molly, which started well:
but had some issues:
Jason Griffin burned the paint off the fins of his Space Cowboy on a fabulous CTI K1440WT (my favorite 54, I think):
Brian Smith's rocket on an EX TT motor:
Tim Fiedler's L3 cert flight with a 4" Intimidator on a CTI M2080SK (eff yes):
David Fox's 4" Extreme Darkstar TORQUE on a CTI M1300DT:
Judith and Eric having a moment:
Justin's ECLIPSE SS on an M1315W:
Tim Dixon's Mach Madness entrant on an L2300G -- the last good photo we have of it before it did the "mondo shred" routine north of Mach 2.82 (per the onboard data):
U of L trying their USLI rocket again, on a CTI smokey L motor:
Frontpage's 'N'Motion:
on a 98/17.5k Albino Assault N4000:
Jackson Lubin's PR Gizmo on a stupid big Skidmark, last seen headed for orbit:
Jason Griffin kissing his Ranum Dent:
Vic Barlow's two stager boosting on a K1440WT:
Jackson Lubin and his shiny new (sterilized?) Mach Madness trophy (see yesterday's pics for the flight):
Purdue University's USLI team headed to 5265' on a K1200WT, watch out Huntsville:
U of L finished out the day with one more flight of their test vehicle, not sure on the altitude:
I'm sunburned and exhausted but super happy. Thanks to everyone who came to Thunderstruck 2012 and helped make it so great.
We've got another launch at Ash Grove at the end of the month, and who knows -- I might actually fly something this time!