Ryan S.
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I just got back from Tewksbury where spaceday 2003 was held. The launch was great even though we only launched small rockets.
I got to the feild early to help set up. I was really glad I did because parking filled up and my cousin, who came later had to walk over a half mile to get to the feild.
After we set up I started launching rockets with Doug. I started with my half arrow which flew great on a D12. after that I flew some smaller rockets but we were held up constantly by the helcopters landing and the skydivers jumping. After the helicopter landed Doug launched his Art Applwhite rocket on an F24 after trying a D9 many times unsuccsesfully.
I then decided to fly my Arcas on an F20 there was a 10 second countdown as it was such a large rocket for this field. There were tons of little kids and they loved it. To follow this up I flew my LOC IV on an AT G35. It was a great flight and the largest rocket of the day. The rocket landed on the other side of the river but we spotted it. Since my dad had convinced me to launch the rocket he recovered it. He needed to walk through some swamp but the rocket was fine.
Doug followed up my G35 flight with his Onyx on an Ellis G35. Doug thinned the crowd with this launch The motor cato'd quite spectacularly. The rocket was undamaged. The nozzle came off and hit a little kid who was unhurt. Before the launch there was a huge crowd watching us launch and after that there were very few people. I said I was going to give Doug hell for this flight but I thought that I will leave this to you guys as I had the whole day.
There were tons of little kids at this launch. They were persistant at chasing our rockets. It was horrible. They picked up the rockets and often times they were broken. One of my cousins rockets was broken. Jim Flis did a good job keeping kids from his rocket. I tried to help him rocover a highly detialed kit he had but the kids outnumbered me. Luckily the rocket was undamaged. One of the funniest parts of the day was when a little kid came up to my rockets and said "WOW! look at all the rockets he caught"
At this launch I also met another member of TRF. lamart72 was at the launch and introduced himself to me at the end. I talked rockets with him until we left and look forward to seeing him at the CMASS launch on the 19th
In the end I had a great time and I think that for once I may have launched more rockets that Doug
I got to the feild early to help set up. I was really glad I did because parking filled up and my cousin, who came later had to walk over a half mile to get to the feild.
After we set up I started launching rockets with Doug. I started with my half arrow which flew great on a D12. after that I flew some smaller rockets but we were held up constantly by the helcopters landing and the skydivers jumping. After the helicopter landed Doug launched his Art Applwhite rocket on an F24 after trying a D9 many times unsuccsesfully.
I then decided to fly my Arcas on an F20 there was a 10 second countdown as it was such a large rocket for this field. There were tons of little kids and they loved it. To follow this up I flew my LOC IV on an AT G35. It was a great flight and the largest rocket of the day. The rocket landed on the other side of the river but we spotted it. Since my dad had convinced me to launch the rocket he recovered it. He needed to walk through some swamp but the rocket was fine.
Doug followed up my G35 flight with his Onyx on an Ellis G35. Doug thinned the crowd with this launch The motor cato'd quite spectacularly. The rocket was undamaged. The nozzle came off and hit a little kid who was unhurt. Before the launch there was a huge crowd watching us launch and after that there were very few people. I said I was going to give Doug hell for this flight but I thought that I will leave this to you guys as I had the whole day.
There were tons of little kids at this launch. They were persistant at chasing our rockets. It was horrible. They picked up the rockets and often times they were broken. One of my cousins rockets was broken. Jim Flis did a good job keeping kids from his rocket. I tried to help him rocover a highly detialed kit he had but the kids outnumbered me. Luckily the rocket was undamaged. One of the funniest parts of the day was when a little kid came up to my rockets and said "WOW! look at all the rockets he caught"
At this launch I also met another member of TRF. lamart72 was at the launch and introduced himself to me at the end. I talked rockets with him until we left and look forward to seeing him at the CMASS launch on the 19th
In the end I had a great time and I think that for once I may have launched more rockets that Doug