Pantherjon
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2009
- Messages
- 7,434
- Reaction score
- 10
Hope y'all don't get blown away..Seems there is a wind advisory in effect until 3am tonight..Wind gusts of up to 50mph Looking forward to seeing flight reports!
Hope y'all don't get blown away..Seems there is a wind advisory in effect until 3am tonight..Wind gusts of up to 50mph Looking forward to seeing flight reports!
AFAIK they all worked perfectly. However the 7th was an M2050 Skidmark. CJ had to be different (actually there were only 6 N10,000's available). Or are you referring to the deployment failure of one of them?All but one worked perfectly.
Photo #3 Name of my rocket. SPAM = Speedy Projectile Attempting Mach
Anyone know the location of LDRS30 yet? The anticipation is killing me.
Argonia, Kansas, Labor Day weekend.
-Kevin
I'm definitely making the trip out there for that one. I've only got 15 months to plan/save/build. I'll come up with something cool. :dark:
I agree brother! I might me moved by then which would make me only like 7 hours from Argonia!
Where are you moving to?
-Kevin
Around the dunlap Iowa area. Got alot of family out that way. I was born in Omaha Nebraska and always loved it out there. I hope to move back after I graduate next year. Class of 2011, LETS GO!
Ben
P.S. My dad worked with Bruce Lee on of your former launch members and said he actually came to a launch with him in the early 90's (92-95) somewhere in NE.
Here are my favorite shots from Friday @ 11AM through Sunday @ 3PM. You can tweak the slideshow settings at the bottom of the page. Enjoy.
Kari Byron was there....?
That was worth the price of admission alone.....
Delta 2 team had an unfortunate accident due to a chained reaction where the 2nd stage blew up while in prep mode. 2 people were hurt, causing the range to be shutdown and had to be air evac'd. Last I heard, they were ok and were due to be released today. I hope the Discovery Channel doesn't paint the hobby in a bad light...Heard they were planning on airing video clips the week of July 4th). Range was later re-opened, but spirits were dampened. Night launches were somewhat conservative, but still cool. I think some people were at the banquet.
Not to draw too much attention but are there any details? when you say blow up that can be a number of things.
Ben
Delta 2 team had an unfortunate accident due to a chained reaction where the 2nd stage blew up while in prep mode. 2 people were hurt, causing the range to be shutdown and had to be air evac'd. Last I heard, they were ok and were due to be released today. I hope the Discovery Channel doesn't paint the hobby in a bad light...
Around the dunlap Iowa area. Got alot of family out that way. I was born in Omaha Nebraska and always loved it out there. I hope to move back after I graduate next year. Class of 2011, LETS GO!
P.S. My dad worked with Bruce Lee on of your former launch members and said he actually came to a launch with him in the early 90's (92-95) somewhere in NE.
Thanks for the additional details. I was just providing my account of what I observed from behind the flag line.It didn't "blow up". The staging circuitry was somehow triggered while the rocket was horizontal, and the separation charge fired, as well as the upper stage motor being lit.
Both individuals received burns; reports I've heard (from a fairly reliable source) are that one has first degree, and the second has first and second degree burns.
Until more information is available, speculation on what happened, and how, is counter-productive.
-Kevin
More Kari.....As seen over at the Talon P thread:
https://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e369/spartachris/LDRS 2010/Sparta_KariByron.jpg
You lucky bastids!
Enter your email address to join: