My turn. I've taken a break from rocketry for a while and am slowly getting back into it. Sod Blaster was a BLAST! As a local it was great to see the turnout and support for the TCR crew who did an amazing job. I had fun LCOing (new word
). It took a bit to remember how to run the pads and figure out the OROC gear. Lot's of cool flights for sure and the weather was superb!
In no particular order. I decided to break out my old LOC Cyclotron and loaded it with a CTI I175. This is the rocket I used for my Level 1 6 years ago. Lot's of fun to fly and with the JL chute release you know it will stay on the circle.
A phone video of the flight:
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I flew the Cyclotron again on Saturday in the Egg loft Up n Down contest. Be the time I signed up and received my egg, Rich H. had posted a time of around 11 sec. (?) I'm sure he will set me straight. I didn't have a chance to win but I've never lofted an egg before so why not? I loaded the egg in the upper payload section cushioned by dog barf and shipping foam peanuts. I loaded the rocket with a AT SU G79W-4 and set the JR chute release to 100ft. Here is what happened. You have to look closely.
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Total flight time was 19 sec. and change with an intact egg. The reason the video is jumpy at the end is because I was jumping. You can hear the cheer when the chute opens. Lot's of fun. Rich won the event but a young lady whose name I don't remember really pushed him. He had to do a second flight for the win!
Other flights? BSD Diablo on a AT H100, A scratch built Searcher on a At I 200(+) RMS. Both of these rockets were built by Darrell Smith. It was fun to get them into the air again. Another fun flight was my Este Mega Mosquito CHAD staging E12-0 xE12-8. Always exciting! And the Bret Simkins designed and built 5.5" Nuclear Sledgehammer which is mentioned and in several pictures earlier in this thread.
It wa a great tim on the Sod Farm. Kudos again to all the people that made it happen!
The Searcher on the pad. Last flight of the 2018 Sod Blaster!
The last flight of Sod Blaster 2018 on the last pad. Thanks to all who made it happen and to all who attended and put on a great show! Let's do it again!
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