Northern Colorado Rocketry
2008-04-05 NCR Club Launch - April 2008

North Site - Pawnee National Grassland

Saturday April 5th, 2008

Launch Summary

Regularly schedueld club launch.  Thanks to Ken Plattner for towing out the equipment trailer and to Ed Dawson for towing it home.  42 flyers put up 96 flights with Roman Perincheril and Dennis Billings leading the way with seven each.  Notable flights include three certifications that I am aware of - L1 to William Taylor, L2 to Dennis Billings and L3 to Mike Konshak.  Flights will be listed in random order as the launch cards have been sorted and shuffled a few times eliminating the correct sequence of the events.  Motor usage breaks down as follows, with staged flights and clusters credited to the largest motor used. 1/4 A's=1, A's= 6, B's=13, C's=20, D's=1, E's=5, F's=8, G's=12, H's=6, I's=10, J's=10, K's=2 L's=1 and M's=1.

 

Weather Conditions

Another stunning day on the praiire.  Beautiful clear skies, temperatures reaching into the sixties and fairly calm winds until early afternoon.  Expected nasty winds rolled in shortly after three and we called it a day. 


Flight Cards

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Motor:
B6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

5.6g

Mfg:

Estes Industries



Comments:
First launch

LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
B6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

5.6g

Mfg:

Estes Industries



Comments:
First Launch

LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
B6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

5.6g

Mfg:

Estes Industries



Comments:
First launch

LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
B6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

5.6g

Mfg:

Estes Industries



Comments:
First launch

LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
G80 29.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

62.5g

Mfg:

AeroTech




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05

Flyer:
 Dennis Billings
NAR Level-3
Motor:
B6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

5.6g

Mfg:

Estes Industries




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
A6 18.0mm [Quest]
Weight:

3.5g

Mfg:

Quest Aerospace




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
J350 38.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

381.1g

Case:

RMS-38/720

Mfg:

AeroTech




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
F23 29.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

30.0g

Mfg:

AeroTech




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
E9 24.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

35.8g

Mfg:

Estes Industries




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
C6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

10.8g

Mfg:

Estes Industries




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
D12 24.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

21.1g

Mfg:

Estes Industries




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
J285 38.0mm [Cesaroni]
Weight:

312.5g

Case:

Pro38-5G

Mfg:

Cesaroni Technology




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05

Flyer:
 Dennis Billings
NAR Level-3
Motor:
G80 29.0mm [Roadrunner]
Weight:

54.7g

Case:

SU 29x140

Mfg:

Roadrunner Rocketry



Comments:
Adept 05 on board

LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
J350 38.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

381.1g

Case:

RMS-38/720

Mfg:

AeroTech




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
G64 29.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

62.5g

Case:

RMS-29/40

Mfg:

AeroTech




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05

Flyer:
 Mike Konshak
NAR TRA Level-1
Motor:
M1315 75.0mm [AeroTech]
Weight:

3499.4g

Case:

RMS-75/6400

Mfg:

AeroTech


Altitude:
11,940 ft  2-Mile Club

Comments:
L3 Cert flight.   11, 940 feet using an M1315W.  It landed 1.67 miles east of the launch pad.

Slipstick III, is a 10 foot tall 5 inch diameter 38 pound rocket made entirely from G10 FRP. Its based on the Performance Rocketry Eliminator 5 kit, but has custom modifications, for avabays, zipperless construction and an alternate fin design. The fins were layed with a layer of carbon fibre and FRP  tip-to-tip. There are two avionics bays, one handles all deployment tasks using a Missileworks RRC2X as the primary controller and a RRC2-mini as a backup. The second avbay is in the nose cone and contains a Garmin DC20 dog tracking GPS transmitter for recovery tracking. Slipstick III's paint  was sponsored by Pete Fitzsimmons at FitzGraphix, Broomfield, CO 303-817-0774. The L3 documentation with complete construction details may be viewed at http://www.telerover.com

Notes:
L3 Certification - YES!

LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05

Flyer:
 Dennis Billings
NAR Level-3
Motor:
A8 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

3.3g

Mfg:

Estes Industries




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05

Flyer:
 Warren Musselman
TRA Level-2
Motor:
G80 29.0mm [Roadrunner]
Weight:

54.7g

Case:

SU 29x140

Mfg:

Roadrunner Rocketry




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05
Motor:
C6 18.0mm [Estes]
Weight:

10.8g

Mfg:

Estes Industries




LCO / RSO:
ED
Flight Date:
2008-04-05

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