Two Dozen Deuce's

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My Groove Tube on it's way to 3094 feet on a J90:

 

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The Rack 24 as the final E9 burns:

 

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Marty Wiggins' Space Invader on an I161:

 

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My big Deuces Wild! on J350s. It reached 1928 feet.

 

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John Hansel's 1/2 Scale Patriot on an AMW blue K motor:

 

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The mass launch of 24 Deuces. They went in 2 waves, here they are just starting.

 

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My 54 mm Tres on Pro54 J210s:

 

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A scaled up Mosquito on an E9:

 

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Greg Lane's V2 on a H242:

 

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Tim's 4" Patriot and a H142 earns him L1.

 

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Randy Wiggins' Yellow Jacket on a H128:

 

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Jack Cale's Bruiser EXP on an AMW K650RR.

 

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Unfortunately, neither altimeter fires the apogee charge and it looks like a lawn dart in the making - until the main fires at 800 feet. The chutes strip, but the damage is light:

 

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Gary Golenbaum's Hydra 7 on 5 C6-5s:

 

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My second 24 mm Deuce on F21s. Note the asymmetrical ignition.

 

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Here's the pic:

 

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Even though I used Lite Ply for the fins and through the wall mounting, the F21s were too much and the rocket lost it's fins:

 

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More pictures are available from the SEARS572 site here:
https://sears572.com/gallery/2005-02-12

Enjoy!

 

[SwingWing]

Originally posted by Rocketjunkie
The mass launch of 24 Deuces. They went in 2 waves, here they are just starting.

Cool pix! I was wondering how it went.

 

[LaneKG]

SEARS 572 mass launched two dozen Deuce's Wilds at the Feb 12th launch in Samson, AL. Most were stock Fliskits and some were scratch. One was the Deuce of Hazzard 13mm version of the Deuces Wild built by Jim Flis.

A special 24 rod launch pad and 24 output launch controller was used. The weather was perfect. When the button was pressed thirteen left the pad immediately followed by ten more a few seconds later.

Another highlight was the visit from Tom Binford from Statesboro GA. He brought his 54mm Deuce upscale. It was a perfect flight on two J350s.

Definitely wild! See the photos at
https://sears572.com/gallery/deuces

A special thanks to all that made this event a wild success:

Jim Flis
John Hansel
John Stein
Tom Binford (Rocketjunkie)
Bill Bosley
Chris Short
Keith Stewart
Marty Wiggins
Randy Wiggins
Jack Kale
Gary Goldenbaum
Kendall Brent

This event was inspired by the unique design of the Deuce's Wild kit by Jim Flis of Fliskits.

Thanks Jim!


Greg Lane
SEARS 572 President
www.sears572.com

 

[jflis]

very kewl

Ya think those guys down there have heard of FlisKits *now*??

thank you for your efforts in this. It sounds like you guys had a ball!

 

[LaneKG]

Two Dozen Deuces Group Pic

https://sears572.com/gallery/deuces/mass_group_small

Thanks,

Greg

 

[jflis]

Greg,

I'm going to be sending you an email about snatching a few of these pix for the Deuce photo album.

great stuff!

 

[LaneKG]

Jim,

Yes we will gladly supply the pics. The full SEARS 572 February 12th launch report is at https://www.sears572.com/searslaunch2005-02-12.php

Rocketjunkie,

Thanks again for attending and doing many excellent flights!

Greg

 

[Rocketjunkie]

Originally posted by LaneKG
Rocketjunkie,

Thanks again for attending and doing many excellent flights!

Greg

You're welcome. I enjoyed the pics and launch report.

Feel free to snag the pics I posted to this thread and add them to your site.

 

[eugenefl]

Wow... congratulations guys. Nice work all around. You guys put up some cool rockets. I am certainly hopeful of attending a future SEARS event. Rocketry has been on hold for a while but hopefully things will work out.

Thanks for sharing. The videos rock!