Saturday
was another beautiful day to fly rockets. It was pretty hot
by the end, but the wind was down all day and we only had
occasional issues with clouds. All in all we wound up with
54 flights, and in true AARG tradition, we flew everything
from 1/2A to L. I even flew two myself, which stunned
everybody.
Longhorn
Rocketry Association was out in force again, and they
arrived bright and early to help with setup, which was
much appreciated. Four members attempted the TRA L1
certifications: Nicolas Diaz, Akshay Kulkarni, Caroline
O'Neal, and Amanda Walker. I believe that all were
successful (I was out in the field during a couple of the
attempts), although Amanda got to demonstrate her field
repair skills before succeeding on her second attempt. LRA
also flew a nice I470-to-H125 two-stager.
Rick led off
the day with Gold Rush on an L1111, which produced a nice
straight flight with a perfect recovery. Unfortnately,
later in the day he pushed the envelope with his Lil Nuke
on an H195, and it separated at apogee, with the airframe
burying itself in the field. I think he eventually dug it
out.
Gordon Bain
flew his Nike Stretch on a K500, which also produced a
nice flight.
Early in the
day we were visited by a large group of first-timers from
the Georgetown 4-H club, and they kept things hopping. I
believe they were all flying the Balsa Machining Service
3" school rocket on D12's, so we got to see just how
durable that kit is. There were several other newcomers
who also flew a bunch of smaller rockets, and we hope to
see them again in the future.
And if anybody
has any spare igniters, you might let Ken Carey know. He's
working on the record for most burnt igniters without
actually lighting a motor :-)
Mark
Motor stats:
By impulse |
|
By
manufacturer |
|
Flights |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/8A |
0 |
|
Aerotech |
13 |
|
54 |
1/4A |
0 |
|
Apogee |
0 |
|
|
�A |
3 |
|
AMW |
2 |
|
|
A |
2 |
|
CTI |
12 |
|
|
B |
3 |
|
Estes |
28 |
|
|
C |
4 |
|
Loki |
0 |
|
|
D |
13 |
|
Quest |
0 |
|
|
E |
3 |
|
RoadRunner |
0 |
|
|
F |
4 |
|
EX |
0 |
|
|
G |
6 |
|
Total |
55 |
|
|
H |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
I |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
J |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
K |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
L |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
M |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
N |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
55 |
|
|
|
|
|