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Papa Elf
My Report:
Saturday:
Saturday It mostly rained, so I spent most of the day talking to people and vending. First walk through the vendors, I noticed that the "rocket garden" had G64 loads in stoclk. Ryan and I stocked up
I finally meet Ross from Magnum hobbies. I bought an Ellis Mountain G35-6 from him. There were launches towards the end of the day. My Which Ways Up flew again, but suffered a sep. Both pieces were found by the end of the day.
I then launched my Initiator with an Aerotech F62-6T motor. It landed in the tall grass, and I got soaked walking through it. And it is hard finding the rocket... I could not see it till I was five feet away. My final launch was my GeForce with a Ellis G35-6. That motor did not have enough thrust. The rocket went horizontal and landed far away, on the other side of the hill. Luckly, a group of scouts volunteered to find the rocket for me. They did.
Ryan and I made an interesting observation. When Blue Thunder motors are launched in humid, drizzley conditions, the smoke turns a real thick white!!! COOL I was tempted to fire off one of my G80's, but decided not to because it started raining again. At the end of the launch, I bought some more stuff. I bought a couple shirts from Fliskits, and two more G35's from Hanger 11 (they were cheaper then Magnum!!!)
Sunday:
Sunday was the day to launch!!!! Ryan and I spent the setup time getting the American Spirit ready. I added altimeter support, so we loaded the charges and the recovery system for Dual Deploy. Then time to prep the G35's. Ryan and I removed the ejection charge from all seven motors, and plugged the touch holes with wadding. Then we installed the motors. The AS was ready to fly, but we decided to wait until the ceiling improved. So we got other things to fly. I flew my Jayhawk with a G35-7W, but it got lost. It landed about 3/4 mile from the launch site. I walked the distance in the tall wet grass, but could not find it. When I came back, I was told I was too far to the right. Carl said he will look for it on Monday for me. What a guy.
When i got back from my trek into the unknown, the ceilng cleared, so Ryan and I decided it was time to put the AS up into the heavens. We loaded the Magnelite igniters, got a pad, and soon the moment of truth came. All Seven motors ROARED to life... and the rocket majesticly and swiflty flew to 2900 feet... I love that three second burn!. The drogue deployed on time, and the main came out at 600 feet. The chute got tangled so it did not open, but the rocket landed in tall grass. It was recovered without damaged.
Next up was another project Ryan and I were itching to fly, for about two years now... our hybrid Mirage! The H70 roared to life and the Mirage left the pad in a hurry. My homemade timer worked great, deploying both chutes shortly after apogee. I did not include an altimeter, so I did not know how high it went. Next time I will make sure to include one.
I then helped Ryan Sebastian launch his new LOC 5.38 V2. Great flight. To celebrate the launch, both Ryan and I bought a Pro38 1G case from Hanger 11, I got one G69 load, Ryan bought 2. I flew mine in my Minie Magg, triming the delay to 5 second (-7 seconds). My MM is on the heavy side, so it was under powered... but the delay deployed the chute right on time. It landed close to the pads too, so I did not have to walk in the grass.
The trip to NSL was worth the time. I learned alot, and saw a couple M flights. We helped Robert DeHate get his L3 ready for flight, but there was a o-ring problem with the Injecter of the Hypertek M1000. He will try Monday. The Big Deuces Wild flew great! Carl launched it with two Pro38 Smoky Sam I212 motors. BEAUTIFUL. I took several shots with my camera! I am developing the film today.. .I will post the pictures ASAP!!!
Please share your stories, and email any pictures you have of my birds to [email protected]. I will post videos and pictures soon! Please share your stories.
Saturday:
Saturday It mostly rained, so I spent most of the day talking to people and vending. First walk through the vendors, I noticed that the "rocket garden" had G64 loads in stoclk. Ryan and I stocked up
I finally meet Ross from Magnum hobbies. I bought an Ellis Mountain G35-6 from him. There were launches towards the end of the day. My Which Ways Up flew again, but suffered a sep. Both pieces were found by the end of the day. I then launched my Initiator with an Aerotech F62-6T motor. It landed in the tall grass, and I got soaked walking through it. And it is hard finding the rocket... I could not see it till I was five feet away. My final launch was my GeForce with a Ellis G35-6. That motor did not have enough thrust. The rocket went horizontal and landed far away, on the other side of the hill. Luckly, a group of scouts volunteered to find the rocket for me. They did.
Ryan and I made an interesting observation. When Blue Thunder motors are launched in humid, drizzley conditions, the smoke turns a real thick white!!! COOL
I was tempted to fire off one of my G80's, but decided not to because it started raining again. At the end of the launch, I bought some more stuff. I bought a couple shirts from Fliskits, and two more G35's from Hanger 11 (they were cheaper then Magnum!!!)Sunday:
Sunday was the day to launch!!!! Ryan and I spent the setup time getting the American Spirit ready. I added altimeter support, so we loaded the charges and the recovery system for Dual Deploy. Then time to prep the G35's. Ryan and I removed the ejection charge from all seven motors, and plugged the touch holes with wadding. Then we installed the motors. The AS was ready to fly, but we decided to wait until the ceiling improved. So we got other things to fly. I flew my Jayhawk with a G35-7W, but it got lost. It landed about 3/4 mile from the launch site. I walked the distance in the tall wet grass, but could not find it. When I came back, I was told I was too far to the right. Carl said he will look for it on Monday for me. What a guy
. When i got back from my trek into the unknown, the ceilng cleared, so Ryan and I decided it was time to put the AS up into the heavens. We loaded the Magnelite igniters, got a pad, and soon the moment of truth came. All Seven motors ROARED to life... and the rocket majesticly and swiflty flew to 2900 feet... I love that three second burn!. The drogue deployed on time, and the main came out at 600 feet. The chute got tangled so it did not open, but the rocket landed in tall grass. It was recovered without damaged.
Next up was another project Ryan and I were itching to fly, for about two years now... our hybrid Mirage! The H70 roared to life and the Mirage left the pad in a hurry. My homemade timer worked great, deploying both chutes shortly after apogee. I did not include an altimeter, so I did not know how high it went. Next time I will make sure to include one.
I then helped Ryan Sebastian launch his new LOC 5.38 V2. Great flight. To celebrate the launch, both Ryan and I bought a Pro38 1G case from Hanger 11, I got one G69 load, Ryan bought 2. I flew mine in my Minie Magg, triming the delay to 5 second (-7 seconds). My MM is on the heavy side, so it was under powered... but the delay deployed the chute right on time. It landed close to the pads too, so I did not have to walk in the grass.
The trip to NSL was worth the time. I learned alot, and saw a couple M flights. We helped Robert DeHate get his L3 ready for flight, but there was a o-ring problem with the Injecter of the Hypertek M1000. He will try Monday. The Big Deuces Wild flew great! Carl launched it with two Pro38 Smoky Sam I212 motors. BEAUTIFUL. I took several shots with my camera! I am developing the film today.. .I will post the pictures ASAP!!!
Please share your stories, and email any pictures you have of my birds to [email protected]. I will post videos and pictures soon! Please share your stories.
