Official AIRFest 19 Info and Updates

On Sunday, we did a father-son drag race with an Estes Saturn V and a Semroc Saturn 1B.

I got a jump off the pad but we both reached similar altitude and had successful deployments.


But you just can't beat a stuck landing like this! Its like the tree reached out and guided it in.


Setting up for launch on the 50s rack with the Kansas State Flower framing the action. Can you name the folks in the photo?

Wayco and I got to the Airfest Site at noon on Thursday and set up camp next to the Grippo's

Andrew made this wonderful Alligator dish

My first flight was my just finished WildChild. I didn't quite believe CJ when he told me to put in a tracker and it was promptly lost in the fields. :blush: Someone found it later and returned it to RSO (thank you very much whoever you are)

My next flight on Friday was my "Dark Jart" which was my first dual deploy (thanks again to CJ for helping me to set it up). Of course, it would have been better to actually attach the parachute. Here is what it looked like after landing

One cracked fin repair and it was good to go again. I also learned to attach the tracker with electrical tape not masking tape on this flight The tracker transmitter had ripped off the shock cord and I didn't even notice until back in camp so Wayco and I went back out and found the transmitter - and unattached parachute - in the field a few feet away from where I had found the Dark Jart. Lots of lessons learned in that one flight.....

The next morning Tim and Jackie of Wildman fame explained to us how the Alien Probes work (I presume it's ok to post half-naked pictures of Tim in this forum? :eyepop

But here is the only picture I got of them at launch time:

Tim's didn't fare as well as the others:

More later

That was the AZRT 20X Alpha that shredded the fins

Fin Flutter on a HUGE Surface!

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There's just something about this picture that screams "Woodstock 1969" everytime i see it.....

Now that I've finally go a day of rest to catch up on a lot of needed sleep, I wanted to give thanks to some folks.
Thank you Bdale, Keith and the rest of the guys from Colorado and Australia who helped me load up/move all my stuff a couple times. It only takes a minute or so when you've got 7-8 guys. Thank you SO MUCH! I think you guys saved my back!

Thank you to my customers and dealers who made the trip worth while, and thank you to the Kloudbusters who put on another spectacular rocket launch and made it an enjoyable trip regardless of the business outcome.

Thank you to Andrew and Cindy Grippo for a most wonderful Cajun dish. I had two plates it was that good!

Thank you to Wayne and Sharon for being great neighbors and providing constant smiles.

Thank you to Craig Shore for the use of room in his trailer. You also saved my back!

Thank you to Lou Goldring for taking the great long distance photos provided below (it was great to see you Lou and sorry for hacking up your last name), and thank you Bdale for loading up the M-3300 to test fly for me.

I had a great time. Thank you everyone.

Tim Dixons Pheonix on an M-900 red. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoZDe9eLYDg

Mike Hall's 4 " rocket riding a 76/6000 M-2550 Loki Blue




Bdale's 4" x 8+ foot tall rocket riding on a 76/8000 M-3300 Loki Blue and sporting the latest greatest Tele Metrum electronics all the way to 19,000 and almost mach 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHbk032enk

The picture of Tim is just wrong.
Make sure the kids stay away form this post.
Gary

Loki Research said:

76/8000 M-3300 Loki Blue

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Will the M-3300 Blue for the 7600 case be a commercial load or is it already?

Thank you,



Justin

rfjustin said:

Will the M-3300 Blue for the 7600 case be a commercial load or is it already?

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What Justin said! Does it use the stock #56 nozzle?

Justin, David. The M-3300 will be a commercial load as soon as I can get more made and get them sent in for testing with a few other motors, but that's far easier said than done. It uses the stock #56 nozzle that the M-3000 Loki White uses. I must say, I haven't made a motor that I have enjoyed seeing fly so much as this one in a while.

Loki Research said:

Justin, David. The M-3300 will be a commercial load as soon as I can get more made and get them sent in for testing with a few other motors, but that's far easier said than done. It uses the stock #56 nozzle that the M-3000 Loki White uses. I must say, I haven't made a motor that I have enjoyed seeing fly so much as this one in a while.

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I want one. Booster motor for a 4" to 4" two stage. :grin:



Justin

Whew, now that I've had a week to recover, unpack, clean up, etc, I'd like to thank the Kloudbusters for hosting a great launch as always. Also, a big thank you to Chuck Swindler and Manny for helping me with my flights. I only had two, but they were successful. The 3" minimum diameter Arcas went 30,358 feet and Mach 2.29 on a CTI M2020 IMax. The 'old school' Concept 98 minimum diameter went 20,472 feet on a 4 grain 98 CCW M motor.

Also, a big 'no thank you' to Fabiola's Restaurant in Wellington for being closed on Mondays. They foiled the tear down crew's dinner plans and we ended up at the A&W. Though we did hear a good story about how onion rings were unavailable because the only person who knew how to make them was in jail

Hope to see everyone next year!


Here are a few pics from the trip:

I ran into these guys three times; once in Iowa, once in Missouri and once in Kansas


Everything is fine in Iowa...


Not so much in Missouri


CJ is not impressed


Arcas ready to go, a rocket on the wire in the background


Mach rash


The ZL1 Camaro corral


Manny getting all Manny-style; Kevin wants no part of it


The sun sets on another Airfest

ChuckH said:

Whew, now that I've had a week to recover, unpack, clean up, etc, I'd like to thank the Kloudbusters for hosting a great launch as always. Also, a big thank you to Chuck Swindler and Manny for helping me with my flights. I only had two, but they were successful. The 3" minimum diameter Arcas went 30,358 feet and Mach 2.29 on a CTI M2020 IMax. The 'old school' Concept 98 minimum diameter went 20,472 feet on a 4 grain 98 CCW M motor.

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Great flights Chuck! Sorry I didn't have my camera for the liftoff shots

ChuckH said:

Mach rash
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This picture would be 10 times better if people didn't have itchy fingers, picking at your paint blobs... :wink:

ChuckH said:

Manny getting all Manny-style; Kevin wants no part of it
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This picture concerns me....

mannyskid said:

This picture concerns me....

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There are pictures floating around of you riding (and falling off of) a giant inflatable duck and THIS is the pic that concerns you?? :lol:

Might have to look into how much it will cost to get to AIRFest next year looks like it was a lot of fun and a great place to fly.


TA

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Finally got around to unbuttoning this thing to pull out the alts. Unfortunately, I have misplaced my Perfectflite converter board (boy I wish someone would just make a cable, assuming that is all that is needed, to connect a Missileworks converter board to an SL100 then we wouldn't need two boards and two cables around) so I only have a graph from the RRC3. The Perfectflite beeped out 10,017 ft (still does). The RRC3 was considerably lower at 9985 ft. The later comes closer to my sims (and I will take the later as the waiver at the time was 10kft and I don't want to incur the wrath of Bob Brown ). Velocity was calculated at ~Mach 1.15.

dixontj93060 said:

The Perfectflite beeped out 10,017 ft (still does). The RRC3 was considerably lower at 9985 ft. The later comes closer to my sims (and I will take the later as the waiver at the time was 10kft and I don't want to incur the wrath of Bob Brown ). Velocity was calculated at ~Mach 1.15.
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Tim - I dont think that I would consider a 32 foot difference at 10K a considerable difference.

No matter how you look at it, it was a great flight !

rdbones said:

Tim - I dont think that I would consider a 32 foot difference at 10K a considerable difference.

No matter how you look at it, it was a great flight !

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Yeah, I was exaggerating to keep Bob from worrying too much.

We have been keeping this under wraps until it was official, and now it is soooooo

While we were in Argonia for AIRFest we were approached and asked if we would consider taking part in a commercial, we agreed to hear what they had in mind.

On Friday the guys that were going to shoot the commercial showed up and were introduced to us by Bob Brown, the one behind it all. They told us what they had in mind and we agreed.

Jay, Greg and I played our parts while they shot the footage and then headed off.

Today I received an e-mail with a link to this

[YOUTUBE]krUJQCvFB-Q[/YOUTUBE]

While some of it did wind up on the "cutting room floor" we did end up in the commercial. I can not remember who's rocket flew but I do remember that it was a K700.

Cool.

rdbones said:

We have been keeping this under wraps until it was official, and now it is soooooo

While we were in Argonia for AIRFest we were approached and asked if we would consider taking part in a commercial, we agreed to hear what they had in mind.

On Friday the guys that were going to shoot the commercial showed up and were introduced to us by Bob Brown, the one behind it all. They told us what they had in mind and we agreed.

Jay, Greg and I played our parts while they shot the footage and then headed off.

Today I received an e-mail with a link to this

[YOUTUBE]krUJQCvFB-Q[/YOUTUBE]

While some of it did wind up on the "cutting room floor" we did end up in the commercial. I can not remember who's rocket flew but I do remember that it was a K700.

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This was on TV last Sunday during a football game. Not sure which channel.

Videos from our AZRT Airfest projects are now live! :blush:
Enjoy!


Alpha:
https://youtu.be/dwl7Grz5yJk



N'osquito

https://youtu.be/3k28DtSj0IY



Scrambler:
https://youtu.be/j6cKxQ9xVYo