Indeed, amazing pics @rfjustin ! Many thanks.You know you’re a hard core rocketeer when Farrand gets photos of not one, but two of your rockets.
Awesome pics!!!!
In the spirit of always trying to learn...Here's a few things I learned and observed from Airfest 29:
- Kloudbusters Fire crew - not all hero's wear capes
- Kloudbusters is organized
- Kloudbusters shipping containers are AWESOME
- Bob B gives great advice
- Amy P gives great advice
- One Bad Hawk products are amazing.
- A lot of people REALLY like the Flying Basket of Death and Destruction
- After doing a shift as RSO, In my estimation about 75% of the fliers on the field use Eggtimer products
- Inverted Aerospace Labs are super nice people to hang out with and they make great products. I bought 2 camera shrouds from them.
- I hate soybeans
- Don't land on the other side of the ravine to the far SE of the pasture. That is NO FUN to cross in 100 degree heat
- Bob B really likes Sarah Janes salsa.
- Chris Rocket Supplies trailer is amazing. Really wish I took more time to visit the other vendors.
- If you hit the LOC/Precision van with a Kufu's Pyramid apparently you get rewarded with a kit.
- Railbuttons.com clear railbuttons are the best rail buttons on the market.
I forgot one item...In the spirit of always trying to learn...Here's a few things I learned and observed from Airfest 29:
- Kloudbusters Fire crew - not all hero's wear capes
- Kloudbusters is organized
- Kloudbusters shipping containers are AWESOME
- Bob B gives great advice
- Amy P gives great advice
- One Bad Hawk products are amazing.
- A lot of people REALLY like the Flying Basket of Death and Destruction
- After doing a shift as RSO, In my estimation about 75% of the fliers on the field use Eggtimer products
- Inverted Aerospace Labs are super nice people to hang out with and they make great products. I bought 2 camera shrouds from them.
- I hate soybeans
- Don't land on the other side of the ravine to the far SE of the pasture. That is NO FUN to cross in 100 degree heat
- Bob B really likes Sarah Janes salsa.
- Chris Rocket Supplies trailer is amazing. Really wish I took more time to visit the other vendors.
- If you hit the LOC/Precision van with a Kufu's Pyramid apparently you get rewarded with a kit.
- Railbuttons.com clear railbuttons are the best rail buttons on the market.
@AeroTech videoed the dual takeoff. One of the stills he showed some of us was Tripoli membership-card worthy.Those two Me Komet rocket planes were fantastic !
I'd loan you my ortho boot, but after me wearing it in the heat, you probably wouldn't want it.I ended up hurting my Achilles tendon somehow Saturday after only one flight which kept me up all night with a lot of pain. Made it to the field Sunday afternoon but only for an hour or two before calling it a trip. There’s no way I could walk out to pick up a rocket in the heat hobbling around like I was.
Talked to @Sooner Boomer about a design concept which was cool as well as the usual TX compound crew.
Already buying some ankle braces for next year haha
Dave @DAllen , you and I missed each other I think 3 times this weekend to meet up for those old motors.
I asked around where you were, then saw you up at the tent but were talking with someone so came back and you were gone. Then you were on the pad and then I found out you were by the LOC guys. I came back around on Sunday and apparently just missed you again. I was going to message you on Friday but alas, I lost my phone in the beans searching for my second recovery on Friday.
Unless you offloaded them to someone at Airfest, we try again at MWP?
I missed the basket flight as well on a rather stout motor. I was at the WM compound and all of a sudden we all hear something break loose (big sounding motor) and we all looked and the basket was just popping the chute. Looked awesome from what we saw, sounded EVEN better!!!
Picture 16 (ending in 644) is my Wildman Demon 150 on an M1419W. If you have any more of this that you didn't post, may I have them?Airfest
Sorry here is the only other one I have. I was in the "fire wagon" with an older SLR Olympus e500, so only had limited telescopic lenses, and only 8megapixel. Wish some had come out better, but Photography is not my profession.Picture 16 (ending in 644) is my Wildman Demon 150 on an M1419W. If you have any more of this that you didn't post, may I have them?
I took video of this flight on my cell phone but lost my phone in the beans that afternoon. On it were all the videos and pics I took on Friday. Your picture is the only one that I have seen of my rocket so, I thank you. It was a gorgeous flight and it broke my heart that I only have the video in my brain of its flight. Same with my 5" Super Jart on a K1800ST later that day, video is lost along with the phone. :-(
Airfest Friday
Sorry here is the only other one I have. I was in the "fire wagon" with an older SLR Olympus e500, so only had limited telescopic lenses, and only 8megapixel. Wish some had come out better, but Photography is not my profession.
Thank you for your service! Of all the things that the rest of us admire about how Kloudbusters handle such a big launch, the fire wagon and crew are foremost, especially in these drought years for those of us in the Western half of the continent.I was in the "fire wagon"
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