April 10-11 launch questions - Northern Colorado Rocketry

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April 8, 2010 at 12:05 pm #52420
SCOTT EVANS
K-350 MOOOOOOOOOON BURNEEEEEEEEEEEEEER 8)
After all its been stuffed in and ready to go since last month. 😀
April 9, 2010 at 5:05 pm #52421
sserell
Adrian, speaking of waiting for things to hit the books, I’m still waiting for my TRA record “H” 2 stage flight from last August to hit the books. I’ve resent in my application, send numerous emails… still waiting. If this 2 stage 29 flight goes well it will qualify for the “I” staged record… so maybe thatll get posted sometime in 2011? It would be really cool to have a couple of records set all in the same day. -Sean
April 9, 2010 at 11:56 pm #52422
Warren B. Musselman
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Don’t hold your breath – my understanding is the altitude records committee is still in a bit of disarray since Erik Gates’ passing and that final rules have not yet been decided upon.

Warren
April 10, 2010 at 12:19 am #52423
Adrian
Participant
Yep, and Tom Rouse is the competition committee chair again…
April 10, 2010 at 3:02 am #52424
Chad
Doing some interpolating, here are the winds aloft for Saturday:

Surface- 5 knots from the north, switching to 10 from the SE
9000 MSL (4000 AGL)- 250 at 7 knots
12000 MSL (7000 AGL)- 250 at 19 knots
18000 MSL (13000 AGL)- 260 at 40 knots
24000 MSL (19000 AGL)- 250 at 48 knots
30000 MSL (25000 AGL)- 250 at 55 knots

… so, uh, don’t single deploy at 15000′
April 10, 2010 at 3:45 am #52425
John A. Wilke
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… so, uh, don’t single deploy at 15000′

Too late. I’m prepped. I ain’t scared.

JW
April 13, 2010 at 3:52 am #52426
flatresponse
… so, uh, don’t single deploy at 15000′

Too late. I’m prepped. I ain’t scared.

JW

Speaking of which, what was the final altitude readout from your attempt, John? A bit over 14K if I remember correctly.
April 13, 2010 at 4:27 am #52427
John A. Wilke
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Speaking of which, what was the final altitude readout from your attempt, John? A bit over 14K if I remember correctly.

14,188’….. BTW, Sunday would have been the day to do the shots – it was REALLY calm. Wonderful day! Altitude shots are hit-and-miss. I was very fortunate and I’m grateful for the results. It surely doesn’t always work out they way you’d like it to.

I look for a 16K shot on an I at our field this year. I also predict the F, G, H, I, J, K, and possibly L Tripoli records fall due to the new CTI motors. Many of those shots will be on our home field, and many of them by visitors coming here to take advantage of our great site and windows.
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