AIRFest 30 Aug 30 - Sept 2, 2024

[rfjustin]

Justin,
29K is a great flight. What motor combination did you use?
Have you recorded any roll issues between your 4-fin booster and your 3-fin sustainer?

@ECayemberg made the research motors for the flight, 5 grain 98, M-2777 White Tundra in the booster, 4 long grain, 75mm M-1066 SuperBalls in the sustainer. I didnt see any roll on the way up, but didn't get on-board video to confirm unfortunately.

Next motor combo for that stack is AT M-2500T to M-1315W.

 

[rfjustin]

Incredible photos! And incredible flights! There's some really nice flames in there.


Do you know what motor was in this punisher? That looks like vmax?
Edit: that indeed was vmax. A K2045.


Also curious about this as well. That blue is insane.

Ask @rocketkyle about said blue flame...

 

[Spacedog49Krell]

@ECayemberg made the research motors for the flight, 5 grain 98, M-2777 White Tundra in the booster, 4 long grain, 75mm M-1066 SuperBalls in the sustainer. I didnt see any roll on the way up, but didn't get on-board video to confirm unfortunately.

Next motor combo for that stack is AT M-2500T to M-1315W.

Your telemetry doesn't have an IMU for on-board data recording?

 

[rfjustin]

Your telemetry doesn't have an IMU for on-board data recording?

I haven't pulled this flights data off Kate yet. On my to do list for this week.

 

[2-0turbo]

@rfjustin Great photos! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Oldschool77]

My thanks to DocSeuss for my Bomarc retrieval. I had a feeling I wasn't looking in the right area. From my perspective it hit the tree in the field before the ones on the gully. I waited till the range was closed to check the gully area. It had been retrieved long before!

 

[MichiganJohn]

Really nice flight Justin. And thanks for sharing all the great pics. I was just down the line on pad 85 - appreciate the liftoff snap!

 

[Jester]

Love the pics! Thanks for sharing!!!!

 

[rockets]

Thanks for the great photos, Justin and it was nice seeing you again!

 

[ThePlmbr]

Great photos as always Justin. You're the man! Good to see three of the Wisconsin flyers at AirFest and their sons Greg Olson

 

[rfjustin]

Your telemetry doesn't have an IMU for on-board data recording?

Still playing with the data but...

 

[Spacedog49Krell]

Still playing with the data but...
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Thanks, with an 8°/sec roll rate you're not producing any flow turbulence between the 4 & 3 fin stages that could result in roll interference. I'm helping an ARC team, and they have been experiencing roll and tilt flight issues. One possible issue was aerodynamic flow interference between the drag canards and the three stability fins. Different from your configuration, but I check all possibilities.

I look forward to viewing the complete animated dynamic flight, like Kip's MESOS flight.

 

[jgarbus]

A few of us were out recovering our AMRAAM today and pulled 2 sections of green booster out of the field from what looked like a 2 or 3 stage attempt.. Looked like a 54mm cti case in one of them. We turned it in to the LCO around 1 today and then moved it to the container during cleanup. I have no pictures but I can provide our track if your interested in where it landed. The two pieces were about 300 ft apart and 400 ft from our recovery location.

 

[jgarbus]

Here is the onboard video from the AMRAAM that took a hard left on Sunday.

 

[BMAT]

Launching rockets is fun times, but when the waiver closes and you can eat a bowl(or 2, or3), of some home made Jambalaya, you can say "Laissez les bons temps rouler"!

 

[mikeyd]

Yeah, I found it. Dad and I were sitting down there so we waited about an hour and nobody came for it. I shook it out of the tree it was in (next to the gully).

I was walking it back to the lost and found, and some gentlemen on the way (I think near the Science Education Center tent) stopped us, said they knew you and would get it back to you. I had seen them looking for it earlier, but the problem was, it flew way too well and actually went all the way down to a tree on the other side of the gully and got stuck in a tree. They were about 100 feet off from where it landed. I handed it over to them. I was exhausted (blood sugar was getting low) so I probably should have got their names or something but I was getting tired.

They said it was an upscale of the Citation Patriot? I thought that was a beautiful flight.

Upscale of the Citation Bomarc, and Yes I have it and will get it to you!

 

[DocSeuss]

Upscale of the Citation Bomarc, and Yes I have it and will get it to you!

Haha it was a brain fart to say patriot, yes!

 

[DocSeuss]

Got my L1! Huge thanks to @bad_idea for doing the cert! Also to @Chad for helping out! My health has been real poor the past year, and I've been mostly bedridden since I got back home, but it was an absolute blast. Can't wait to go back next year.

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That's an SBR Diablo, flew it on an H283T-7.

 

[troj]

Got my L1! Huge thanks to @bad_idea for doing the cert! My health has been real poor the past year, and I've been mostly bedridden since I got back home, but it was an absolute blast. Can't wait to go back next year.

Congrats on the cert, and it was good to meet you!

 

[troj]

Thanks once again to the Kloudbusters for putting on an awesome event!

Also, congrats to Cory and Amy for their now having their first AirFest under their belt. You two did an awesome job!

-Kevin

 

[kjhambrick]

Got my L1! Huge thanks to @bad_idea for doing the cert! My health has been real poor the past year, and I've been mostly bedridden since I got back home, but it was an absolute blast. Can't wait to go back next year.

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That's an SBR Diablo, flew it on an H283T-7.

<<snip pics>>

Congrats @DocSeuss !

Wish I could have been there !

Thanks for the visual aids

-- kjh

 

[ChuckH]

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Rufus!!

 

[DocSeuss]

Congrats on the cert, and it was good to meet you!

It was great to meet you too!

 

[bad_idea]

Got my L1! Huge thanks to @bad_idea for doing the cert! Also to @Chad for helping out! My health has been real poor the past year, and I've been mostly bedridden since I got back home, but it was an absolute blast. Can't wait to go back next year.

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That's an SBR Diablo, flew it on an H283T-7.

Hope you get well soon! Congratulations again! Also, welcome to the money pit!

 

[BeardedEngineer]

Here is the onboard video from the AMRAAM that took a hard left on Sunday.

Awesome posting on this!

Glad the rest of the flight went well. It made for a spectacular flight to watch out there.

 

[askrob]

@rfjustin nice shots of my Dad's dog and my wife and I's Cherokees. She obviously won that!

 

[rocketkyle]

great pictures Justin. Great event as always! thank you Kloudbusters

 

[BSNW]

I know this is a long shot but I am looking for someone who may have gotten a lift-off shot of my rocket. Nadine was unable to get one and my phone didn't record when I pressed play.
It was off pad 72 early on Saturday. 5.5" - Grey with a checkered payload and red nose cone. On an EX M2300.
I know this is a long shot, but I just wanted to put it out there and hope for a miracle.
Thanks

 

[School of Rock'et']

Hey folks.
We left quite quickly on Sunday afternoon to get back to Michigan. Totally didn't clean out my 75 at motor casing of the liner, etc. Now... she's in there good. Suggestions for how to save my 7680 case?

Appreciate the advice all!

 

[troj]

Hey folks.
We left quite quickly on Sunday afternoon to get back to Michigan. Totally didn't clean out my 75 at motor casing of the liner, etc. Now... she's in there good. Suggestions for how to save my 7680 case?

Appreciate the advice all!

Forward seal disc and a piece of PVC pipe about as long as the case.

Put the PVC pipe on end on the ground, put the seal disc on top of it, slip the case over it and push down. It's been a short enough period of time, that should get it to move.