June Research day - Northern Colorado Rocketry

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May 21, 2007 at 2:56 am #44578
elviss_boy
I wont be attending either the June or July launch. So I hope its a busy launch. Im assuming sense there was so May launch, and the April launch was kind of slow, it should be busy.
May 21, 2007 at 3:23 am #44579
Chris LaPanse
I hope EX day is reasonably spectacular – it should be a lot of fun 🙂

I’m debating the Deuce as a possibility for the EX day, but it also may wait until LDRS for skids…
May 21, 2007 at 3:24 am #44580
edward
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Why not fly it on the CTI’s?

Edward
May 21, 2007 at 3:37 am #44581
Chris LaPanse
Because I only have 2 flights worth of CO2 cartridges assuming everything goes right, and if anything did happen to go wrong, I wouldn’t have much time to fix it before LDRS.

On the other hand, it’s really fun and really cool…

That’s why I’m still debating it 😆

We’ll see. I’ll probably bring it and see how it looks.
If it does fly, it’ll be on either K530’s or K1100’s – the skids are very definitely getting saved for LDRS.
May 21, 2007 at 5:15 am #44582
Conway Stevens
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Chris.. You are talking about flying it on the 2nd right? as the 3rd is a TRA research launch.
May 21, 2007 at 9:04 pm #44583
Bix
Well, after posting a similar question in the wrong forum today, I was redirected here….thanks Conway.

In case you all didn’t see my other post, I plan to fly Hotroddicus Supersonicus twice on the 3rd. First on an Alpha Hybrids M700(ish) courtesy of Edward W. and then, if I can turn her around fast enough I’ll fly the HS on a 3 grain 4″ Super Polish Rojo load. Expected altitude on the hybrid is about 12K, on the SPR load about 15K. Hotroddicus will actually be Supersonicus on the SPR load.

See you there….really looking forward to it.

JB
May 21, 2007 at 9:57 pm #44584
Chris LaPanse
Chris.. You are talking about flying it on the 2nd right? as the 3rd is a TRA research launch.

Nope, the 3rd. My dad is TRA L2, and research launches can have commercial flights. I’m going to be at my HS graduation on the 2nd, so the 3rd is the only day I’ll be up there.
May 22, 2007 at 3:51 am #44585
Anonymous
John, looking forward to seeing HR! I don’t have anything cool from an EX standpoint… lots of little stuff that [hopefully] goes really high?

J
May 22, 2007 at 4:09 am #44586
Chris LaPanse
You’re right of course, after all, this lacks any semblance of being remotely close to cool:

😉

(I don’t think the flame:rocket ratio is quite high enough yet… 😆 )

Honestly, IMO, the little stuff that goes really high is cool, especially when you actually recover it (like you are able to do). Are you planning on flying any of it on EX day, or mainly on the second?
May 22, 2007 at 1:27 pm #44587
Anonymous
Hey, that looks like a nice Ray LaPanse shot! That was a pretty cool flame to rocket ratio indeed…. I put it into MS Paint and calculated a 1.4X ratio 😉 I really appreciate your dad’s great work. The shot above is probably the best photo I’ve ever seen of one of my rockets. Zowie!

I am going to fly that same rocket with a 5″ extension on a J570. I’m also going to fly a G55 in a very tiny paper rocket (got ~8K at Hartsel!) and *maybe* fly a little 54mm rocket on something special, mindful of the 20K waiver. I’m also going to try to do my SSSS, though not in an optimized rocket. This is my 2nd to last launch b4 I move to Iowa, so I’m trying to get a lot done in a short period of time!

I’ll have to see what the weather does… If conditions are prime on Saturday, I’ll be flying. If not, I’ll wait until Sunday…
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