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Austin
Today could not have been better, with all the cancelled launches and such of late, it was a perfect day, temp in the 70's, NO WIND. Everyone was landing them in the short field. Everyone!
A kid had a wind meter there from one of the TARC groups and I saw it peak at 1.7mph once...once. A great day to play. We had two groups of scouts show up from their winter Build sessions we held for them. The first group flew their Monarchs like madmen and had a blast. The second group showed up after noon and flew their two stage Loadstars and fun was their word of the day. Tons of kids there from everywhere...if this is an indicator of Rocketry's future, it is in good hands. I flew the small Cluster Bomb twice on D's, the Python ASRAAM and Paveway GBU-24 went up on C6-3's. I tooke the upper stage of the Tres with me and people were WAY excited about it...I gotta finish this rocket. Our own Loopy got to get a first hand look himself...the first TRF'er to preview the Tres Upscale.
While I was there, Steve Carr and I took out our Deuces to fly. His maidened and flew great; Jim, I got one of those RARE side pics that looks like only one motor burning...how lucky was that?
Then we decided to Drag Race! Way cool man....Mine lit first followed closely by Steve's. His was cooking and I just barely got to apogee and popped the chute when his followed. They both nearly landed together too...what a site. Jim, ya would have been proud!
Two TARC teams showed up to test their projects. The first group had a horizontal launch when only two of four motors in the booster lit. The second team were back from last year. I recognized them and the experience they gained last year showed in this year's launch. These kids had no less than 5 launches on the same rocket...each time everything lit, it staged great and they were at the point of "Tuning it in" with altitudes of 1160' and 1180' when I left...the goal is 1200 and they are way close!
Everyone had a great time and the big launch of the day was our very own Mr. Pyramid, Jim German. He launched his NOSECONE rocket on a J350 and it was awesome! When it quieted down in the late afternoon, I even had a chance to walk to the way side of the field and I flew my Electric Ducted Fan A-10 Warthog and my F-22 Raptor a couple times. Man, the fun never stopped.
Well, I got some pretty cool pics, so here they are:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/ctulanko/album/index.php?dir=3-27-2004
Carl
A kid had a wind meter there from one of the TARC groups and I saw it peak at 1.7mph once...once. A great day to play. We had two groups of scouts show up from their winter Build sessions we held for them. The first group flew their Monarchs like madmen and had a blast. The second group showed up after noon and flew their two stage Loadstars and fun was their word of the day. Tons of kids there from everywhere...if this is an indicator of Rocketry's future, it is in good hands. I flew the small Cluster Bomb twice on D's, the Python ASRAAM and Paveway GBU-24 went up on C6-3's. I tooke the upper stage of the Tres with me and people were WAY excited about it...I gotta finish this rocket. Our own Loopy got to get a first hand look himself...the first TRF'er to preview the Tres Upscale.
While I was there, Steve Carr and I took out our Deuces to fly. His maidened and flew great; Jim, I got one of those RARE side pics that looks like only one motor burning...how lucky was that?
Then we decided to Drag Race! Way cool man....Mine lit first followed closely by Steve's. His was cooking and I just barely got to apogee and popped the chute when his followed. They both nearly landed together too...what a site. Jim, ya would have been proud! Two TARC teams showed up to test their projects. The first group had a horizontal launch when only two of four motors in the booster lit. The second team were back from last year. I recognized them and the experience they gained last year showed in this year's launch. These kids had no less than 5 launches on the same rocket...each time everything lit, it staged great and they were at the point of "Tuning it in" with altitudes of 1160' and 1180' when I left...the goal is 1200 and they are way close!
Everyone had a great time and the big launch of the day was our very own Mr. Pyramid, Jim German. He launched his NOSECONE rocket on a J350 and it was awesome! When it quieted down in the late afternoon, I even had a chance to walk to the way side of the field and I flew my Electric Ducted Fan A-10 Warthog and my F-22 Raptor a couple times. Man, the fun never stopped.
Well, I got some pretty cool pics, so here they are:
https://www.rocketryforum.com/ctulanko/album/index.php?dir=3-27-2004
Carl
