Another Lost SSS Rocket

[denverdoc]

Warren,

Does that mean there is a flight posted above 12k at this point? The standings aren’t showing any numbers for either unless recently updated.
Thanks,
John

[Warren B. MusselmanModerator]

There is currently a bug in the SSS and SSSS contest code that causes the current standings not to be displayed. I’m working on getting it fixed. I believe we have had 2 flights – one by Ed Dawson was within spitting distance of 12K and John Wilke’s which didn’t quite CATO, but also didn’t reach even 2000′.

Warren

[denverdoc]

I was thinking Ed’s flight was 11.6, but can’t recall–if so, in theory one could just squeeze in between that and the waiver?? Otherwise I won’t even build it as I have a couple other projects I’d like to start on now that I got unpacked finally. Also I found a liner I was looking for and would like to fly my two stager on L-L motors as I had planned to last w/e. Someone said something about prior permission before anything above a K? I’ve never flown from Atlas so don’t know the waiver rules out there. I think there is an issue with the pad being too small to set up at enuf of a distance?
Thanks,
John

[Ed Dawson]

I’m at 11,784. You have 216 feet to play with…..

[Anonymous]

When we rolled over to the new website, we lost some stuff… one of the things we had SOMEWHERE on the old site — in the club charter or FAQ — was a notice that you could not claim a record nor win a contest on a flight that broke the waiver. We did this because we didn’t want to reward an act that could cause us waiver issues down the road. To me, it makes a lot of sense.

There is some precedent here that I can go into sometime if anyone is interested…

Bottom line is that we’ve had a lot of days of flying at the N. site this year. Not as many as we’d like, but we have had a bunch. It would indeed be “bad form” to break the waiver… at either venue.

J

[denverdoc]

Fair enuf, I hit the slot, fall short or DQ with a waiver break. Heck a contest can not go uncontested.
John

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