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Today we launched just east of Ohio Illinois in a field owned by
Bill Anderson. The wind ranged from 10-18 mph and the temperature was about
10. We had 7 flyers that racked up a total of 51 flights. These included
Stephen Corban, William Anderson, Will Anderson, Amanda Corban, Jason
Savage, Matthew Miller, and Kayla Griffin.
We arrived about 9:00 and selected our launch site. We set up
our 6 pad rack, the �" pad and the rail. We had our first flight right at
10:00. The first big flight was Stephen Corban's LOC Forte on a G64-7. This
rocket flew great to about 1300' feet. This was recovered and the flying of
smaller rockets continued. The next noteworthy flight was Will Anderson's
LOC Graduator on a F22-5. This was the first one of these I had seen and the
low speed when it came off the rod scared me. Well, the rocket flew, hit
apogee, and started coming down. The parachute deployed about 5 foot above
the ground. Don't we all love bonus delay!
The next rocket was Stephen Corban and William Anderson's double
trouble. This is a 3 inch rocket with dual 29mm MMT's. They headed out to
the rail and had to rocket ready to go. 5,4,3,2,1,..Only one motor lit
sending the rocket to only about 1000'. They would try again.
Another noteworthy flight was Stephen's Triple Threat on a
cluster of 3 C6-7's. This was called a stand up flight, and for a good
reason. Only one motor ignited causing the rocket to fly in loops to the
ground. No damage was done.
William and Stephen were both anxious to try out their new Estes
Scremin' Mimi's. They decided for affect to fly them on E15's that had a bit
of bonus delay. In their opinion the rocket didn't live up to its name, as
the scream was not noticeable, going up or down. The up scream could have
been drowned out by the E15's though.
Matt Miller decided to put a C in his Razor. This is a lot of
motor and a little rocket. This rocket flew as high as many of the mid power
rockets and landed about � mile away.
Probably the highlight of the day was William and Stephen's LOC
Legacy drag race. Both rockets were loaded with F40's. The button was pushed
and Stephens jumped out to a noticeable lead and popped its chute at apogee.
William's on the other hand got off a bit slower, but a LOT more delay. This
was only a 7 second delay, but at apogee William remembered he forgot to
place the black powder charge on the top of the motor. PRANG! All of the
payload section, and 2/3 of the lower body tube were destroyed when the
rocket lawn darted. Congratulations William on the Prang Award.
William and Stephen then went back to try Double Trouble. While
letting go of the rail, the pad tilted because the loc wasn't in place and
ripped out all 3 buttons. OUCH. So, a quick trip to William's Grandpa's
house and the bird was back on the pad. Again, only one motor lit: (. And to
add injury to insult the quick link tore through the nosecone and sent the
rocket down in 2 pieces.
The last big flight of the day is when Stephen Corban flew his
Tiny Pterodactyl on a F20-4. This was a picture perfect flight.
All in all this was a great launch considering the conditions
and all of the attendants had a great time.
