KCAR Launch Report: July 2000 Sport Launch

The theme for this month was Classic Kits with the Quest Big Betty and Estes Big Bertha designated as the Rockets-of-the-Month.

Congratulations to Dan Kirk for completing the Bronze level of the NARTREK program.

Thanks again to our hosts, James and Tricia, for letting us use their field, and thanks for the donuts and ice water.

Total impulse of 1197.675 Newton-seconds, like a partial J motor.
There was one clustered flight (#34) and five multi-stage flights (#12, #25, #29, #30, #51).
There were 19 families for a total of 21 rocketeers.

Launch	Pad	Flyer’s Name	Rocket Name	Motor(s)	Notes
1	3	John Palmer	Estes Big Dawg	A6-4	First flight—unstable.
2	3	Sam Darrow	Estes Mongoose	A8-3	First flight—good recovery.
3	3	John Palmer	Quest DCX Delta Clipper	C6-3	Beautiful!
4	2	Jason Greene	Estes Nova Payloader	B6-4	Good boost, but seperated.
5	2	Jerome Tonneson	“Mini Maniac”	A3-4T	Good flight.
6	2	Dan Kirk	Estes Wizard	B6-4	NARTREK parachute duration attempt, >60 seconds but not recovered.
7	3	George Scheil	Estes Zinger	B6-4	NARTREK streamer duration attempt, 19 seconds.
8	2	John Palmer	Estes Mk-109 Stingray	A8-3	Good flight.
9	5	Ralph Simons	Mark clone	A8-3	Good flight.
10	2	Matthew Woltz	Estes Ionizer	C6-3	Good flight.
11	2	Jason Greene	Brother’s Big Bertha	B6-4	Beautiful!
12	3	John Palmer	Space Shuttle	C6-0 To A8-3	Slow launch, staged kinda weird, but good flight.
13	3	Ralph Simons	Holverson Designs Zoomie	1/4A3-3	Good flight.
14	3	George Scheil	Estes Zinger	Quest B6-4	NARTREK streamer duration attempt.
15	5	Dan Kirk	Estes Wizard	B4-4	NARTREK parachute duration attempt (38.5 s, 38.6 s)
16	2	John Palmer	Sidewinder	C6-3	Nice flight.
17	3	Matthew Woltz	Estes Ionizer	C6-3	Good boost but the ’chute seperated.
18	4	Jerome Tonneson	Upscale (3x) Mosquito	B6-6	Straight up, good ride.
19	5	Ralph Simons	Little Joe	A3-4T	Nice ’chute.
20	5	Dan Kirk	Estes Wizard	B4-4	NARTREK parachute duration attempt, 67 seconds.
21	1	Tony Buffa	Aerotech Mirage	G125	Wow!
22	3	John Palmer	Tomahawk Cruise Missile	B6-4	Nice model.
23	5	John Skelton	Razor	A8-3	First flight - No ’chute deployment.
24	3	Matthew Woltz	Estes Ionizer	C6-3	’Chute seperation
25	3	Sam Darrow	Estes Mongoose	B6-0 To B4-4	Nice.
26	1	James Case	“Aerotech Lawn Dart”	G35-4	Great ride—perfect flight.
27	2	Jerome Tonneson	Quest Falcon	Quest B6-4	Nice flight.
28	5	Ralph Simons	Estes Micron	C6-7
29	3	John Palmer	Space Shuttle	C6-0 To A8-3	Upper stage failed, landed near the crowd.
30	4	Nick Stich	Estes Commanche-3	D12-0 To C6-7
31	5	Alex	Estes Ionizer	B6-4
32	3	Ralph Simons	Holverson Designs Zoomie	1/4A3-3
33	3	Ralph Simons	Holverson Designs Zoomie	1/4A3-3	Beautiful!
34	1	Jason Greene	Launch Pad AMRAAM	D12-5 (x2)
35	5	John Skelton	Razor	A8-3
36	5	Alex	Estes Ionizer	B6-4
37	2	Jerome Tonneson	Estes Micron	A3-4T
38	3	Evan	Estes Venom	C6-3
39	5	Ralph Simons	Mark clone	A8-5
40	2	Ian Jessee	Estes Heatseeker	C6-3
41	3	Taylor Jessee	Estes Astrocam	B6-2
42	3	Evan	Goldie	C6-3
43	5	Jimmy O’Keefe	Estes Big Bertha	C6-3
44	1	Jason Greene	Black Brant X	G80-7	Roared off the pad. Nice flight.
45	4	Randall Jessee	“Independence Day Rocket”	D12-7
46	1	Nick Stich	“Oatmeal Burner”	G64-4W	Very nice flight—best flame.
47	5	Evan	Estes Venom	C6-3
48	2	Ian Jessee	X-Wing Fighter	C6-3
49	5	George Scheil	Estes Gnome	1/2A3-2T
50	3	Evan	Estes Corkscrew	C5-3
51	3	Sam Darrow	Estes Mongoose	B6-0 To B4-4	Good boost, lost the upper stage, though.
52	5	Dan Kirk	Quest Big Betty	C6-5
53	3	Taylor Jessee	Tie Fighter	C6-3	Unstable.
54	4	Randall Jessee	Python	D12-7
55	3	Dan Kirk	“Sputchick”	B6-4
56	4	Nick Stich	Estes AMRAAM	D12-5
57	3	Dan Kirk	“Nerf Rocket”	B6-4
58	4	George Scheil	“Oat Burner”	D12-3	Minor lawn dart.
59	1	James Case	“Aerotech Lawn Dart”	G35-4	Another nice filght.
60	3	Dan Kirk	Mini Marz Lander	1/2A3-4T	Low flight with no ’chute deployment.
61	2	Bob Wingate	Quest UFO	C6-0
62	3	Dan Kirk	Moon Dog	A10-3T
63	2	Jerome Tonneson	Quest Falcon	Quest B6-4
64	3	Dan Kirk	Mini Marz Lander	A3-4T	A much better flight after the parachute position was changed.
65	3	Emmanuel Camburako	Javelin Bash	C6-3
66	2	Dan Kirk	“Sputchick”	B6-4
67	5	John Skelton	Razor	B4-4
68	4	Nick Stich	Estes Commanche-3	AT D21-7	Split casing CATO.
69	2	Jerome Tonneson	Upscale (3x) Mosquito	B4-4	Nice!
70	2	Jason Greene	Solar Probe	B6-4
71	1	Lance Fischer	Vaughn Brothers Extreme 29	D12-5
72	5	Bob Wingate	Estes Patriot	B6-4
73	3	Jerome Tonneson	Estes Micron	A10-3T
74	3	Dan Kirk	“Sputchick”	B6-4
75	1	Lance Fischer	Public Missiles Cirrus Dart	NCR F62-4
76	3	Dan Kirk	“Sputchick”	C6-5
77	2	Emmanuel Camburako	Javelin Bash	C6-3
78	1	Bob Wingate	Estes Maniac	D12-5
79	3	Dan Kirk	“Sputchick”	C6-5

Submitted by Jerome Tonneson, NAR 76200.

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