KCAR Launch Report: April 13th, 2002 Sport Launch

Event: KCAR’s 2002 Spring Contest, D Dual Eggloft and E Streamer Duration.

The overall contest results are:

Competitor Points Frank McMullen 290 Dan Kirk 210 Tim Burger 180 Bob Wingate 24 Mark Elzinga 0	Tim’s Sprint 24 leaps away on an AT E15 Photo by Tim Burger
Results Event Weight Factor Age Division Name Score Place NAR Points D DED 27 C Frank McMullen 42.58 sec 1st 270 Dan Kirk 36.14 sec 2nd 162 Tim Burger 33.44 sec 3rd 108 Mark Elzinga DQ Egg broken 4th 0 E SD 12 C Frank McMullen 293.16 sec 1st 120 Tim Burger 66.5 sec 2nd 72 Dan Kirk 48.74 sec 3rd 48 Bob Wingate 47.5 sec 4th 24

The day started out with a low overcast and light winds. The ceiling rose through the day with the sun peaking through at times in the early afternoon. After some delays discussing some changes with the owner (a new fence, and a new house to the South) we finally managed to get the equipment set up and tested. In the mean time the contest directors completed their preparations. The first launch of the day was a sport flight by Barry Skelton at about 11:30AM - just a tad behind schedule.

Ian Jessee with one of his Grandfather’s many designs Photo by Isobel Ross

Frank McMullen, in from Southern Missouri, started the competition off several flights later by launching an E-streamer duration model on an Estes E9-8. The model flirted with the low cloud cover, briefly fading out of sight but was spotted again just after the ejection. It managed a very respectable 106 second flight.

In the meantime Barry Skelton and his friends began burning motors making several great flights. Andrew Waltz and his friend also put in a good number of flights, and a new family, the Bazinets, joined the club and showed us they know how to build and fly rockets.

Dan Kirk began flying his NARTREK Gold level rocket, enlisting helpers to time the duration of a falling streamer deployed at apogee. The object is to derive the altitude from this time. Dan will have to fill you in the details. The NARTREK director, George, mentioned during a conversation later that few people use this method of altitude calculation, altimeters and theodolites being far more common. Good luck, Dan, please keep us posted on your progress towards Gold.

In the meantime, Wichitan Mark Elzinga attempted to qualify in the dual eggloft event with a D21-4T in his Scrambler. Alas, the flight was disqualified because of separation.

Frank returned to the rangehead to sew up the E streamer duration event by putting in a 3 minute, 40 second flight. It finally flew off and the timers simply stopped the watches and reported the times. Pretty good flying!

Philip redies one of his rockets for flight Photo by Isobel Ross

Tim Burger’s first attempt at streamer duration using a custom made rocket and an Aerotech E15-7W went completely out of sight. The rocket was not seen again until much later in the day when it was returned to the launch table by a youngster who claimed to have found it “two fields over near the road.” Tim was happy to have the rocket back, but had already made a return flight with the back up rocket, getting an OK time of just a tad over a minute.

Bob Wingate gave E streamer a try with an Estes Eliminator on E9-8s.

At this point, no one had been able to qualify in the dual eggloft event. Frank once again showed us how it’s done and qualified with a respectable time. He did it again a few minutes later, followed by Dan Kirk who also managed to recover successfully. Tim got a decent time using a D12-5 and a nylon ’chute.

While all that was going on, Blair Clark made a few impressive launches with a SA-14 Archer, and a rocket he calls Significant Mojo. Taylor and Ian Jessee made some impressive flights, including a drag race of two Maxi-Alpha IIIs on E9-6 motors. The Jesse family always has some very fun and interesting rockets. Dave Lucas also arrived and impressed everyone with his unique fleet of gliders and rockets. Bill Hensley made some good flights, debuting a new 1.6-inch Lockheed X7 and flying it on an F20. David Messerschmidt also made some good flights with his own designs.

Dave shows off his ATOM-X Photo by Isobel Ross

We really had a good attendance for the first successful launch of the year. In total there were 104 flights, with lots of young people and visitors launching a wide variety of rockets and motors.

A flight log is listed below.

Our thanks to Bob Wingate and George Scheil for taking the time and putting in the hard work to make the contest possible. Also, thanks are due to John Skelton who spent a great deal of time doing data entry on his laptop in order to have the standings ready at the end of the launch. Thanks is also due to Pat Nelson who pulled a double duty as LCO.

Total impulse expended: 2,770.0 Newton-seconds, like a partial L motor. There were nine clustered flights (#15, #27, #54, #69, #77, #78, #82, #90, #104). and three multi-stage flights (#64, #91, #100). There were 23 rocketeers.

If you have pictures taken during this launch please let us know so that they can be posted on the web site. If you can scan them and save them as GIFs or JPGs that would be great. If not, a few of the club members have scanners and can get the pictures into digital format. Send e-mail for details.

Please send e-mail if any corrections need to be made to this launch report.

Launch	Flyer’s Name	Rocket Name	Motor(s)	Notes
1	Barry Skelton	Quest Falcon	B6-4	Nice flight
2	Nathan Bazinet	Estes Phoenix	D12-3	Cruise missile flight profile — recovered OK.
3	Andrew Waltz	Quest Falcon	D12-7	Out of site!
4	Mark Bazinet	Big Daddy	D12-3	Chute deployed but it didn’t open
5	Dan Kirk	Upscale Streak	1/2A3-4T
6	Rick Thompson	Scratch 3-legged Dog	D12-5	Nice high flight
7	Chris Olson	Quest Falcon	B6-4
8	Nathan Bazinet	Alpha	A8-3	Nathan’s sister made this rocket in shop class
9	Frank McMullen	E-Streamer	E9-8	Competition flight — 69.15 seconds
10	Dan Kirk	VB Buzzard	A8-3	Nice glide!
11	Andrew Waltz	Quest Falcon	D12-7
12	Dan Kirk	Goldie	A8-3	NARTREK Gold flight
13	Dave Lucas	Zephyr	A8-3	“OK glide, needs a touch of trimming”
14	Chris Olsen	EZ-Payloader	B6-4	Grasshopper astronaut — didn’t survive
15	Dan Kirk	Fat Boy 7	C6-5x3	D Dual Eggloft — DQ: separation
16	Mark Elzinga	Scrambler	D21-4	D Dual Eggloft — DQ: separation
17	Dave Lucas	Red Bird	A3-4T	“Sliding wing glider, augured in”
18	Rick Thompson	3 Wing Circus	E9-8
19	Jason Spain	Quest Falcon	B6-4
20	Chris Olsen	EZ-Payloader	C6-5	Grasshopper astronaut — he’s alive
21	Nathan Bazinet	Alpha	A8-3
22	Zoron Hensley	Alpha III	B6-4
23	Bill Hensley	Lockheed X7	C6-5
24	Frank McMullen	Old Yeller	E9-8	Competition flight - 3:44
25	Tracy Bazinet	Initiator	E15-4	Chuffed and puffed; finally made a slow arc into a tree
26	Jason Spain	Quest Falcon	C6-5
27	Dan Kirk	D-Eggloft	C6-5x2	No time recorded
28	Dave Lucas	Mach 12	D21-7T
29	Andy Scheinost	Alpha III Bash	1/2A6-2
30	Ian Jessee	Copperhead	G38-4J	First flight for this rocket
31	Zoron Hensley	Prowler	C11-5
32	Barry Skelton	Exterminator	C6-3	“Teddy Gram Express”
33	Rick Thompson	The Uninvited	F23-7FJ
34	Tim Burger	Sprint 24C	E15-7W	Competition flight: Lost track, 5s
35	Mark Wilson	Patriot	G35-4	Nice flight
36	Jason Spain	Quest Falcon	C6-5
37	Blair Clark	SA-14 Archer	G64-4	Nice!
38	Tim Burger	Sprint 24S	C11-5
39	Dave Lucas	Black Super Sonic	F72-10	Supersonic flight attempt
40	Ian Jessee	Maxi-Alpha III	E9-6	Drag race with flight 41
41	Ian Jessee	Maxi-Alpha III	E9-6	Drag race with flight 40
42	Frank McMullen	Frank's Egger	D12-3	Competition: DQ-egg broken
43	Tim Burger	Sprint 24S	D12-7
44	Dan Kirk	Edmund's CeCe	B4-2
45	Mark Wilson	Frankenstein	E15-7W	Chuffed a few times
46	Blair Clark	Significant Mojo	F40-4W	Nice flight
47	Jason Spain	Exterminator 2	C6-5
48	Mark Elzinga	Big Slim	E15-7W	Chuffed
49	Dave Lucas	Atom-X	F23-4FJ	Excellent — very large rear deploying crowd pleasure
50	Ian Jessee	Mustang	F23-7FJ	First flight for this rocket
51	Tim Burger	Sprint 24S	E9-8	E-streamer: 62.5s
52	Bob Wingate	Eliminator	E9-6	E-streamer: 47.15s lost in tree
53	David Messerschmidt	Red Dog	E11-3J
54	Taylor Jessee	Navaho	G80,A8-3x3	Unstable — very tail heavy
55	Dan Kirk	Goldie	A8-3	NARTREK Gold flight
56	Frank McMullen	V2 round 37	D12-7
57	Dave Lucas	Atom-X	G35-4	late ’chute deployment
58	Philip Zuniga	ISQY Tomahawk	E15-7W
59	Mark Elzinga	Tracer	C6-7
60	Jason Spain	Quest Falcon	B4-4
61	Dan Kirk	Goldie	A8-3	NARTREK Gold flight
62	David Messerschmidt	Intruder	C6-7
63	Tim Burger	Egger	D12-3	Contest: DQ — stripped ’chute shrouds
64	Philip Zuniga	Echostar	C6-0,C6-7	First flight for this rocket
65	Taylor Jessee	Phantom 4000	G80-?
66	Zoron Hensley	Big Dawg	A8-3
67	Bill Hensley	Big Daddy	D12-5
68	Dave Lucas	Starship Excilon	F23-4FJ	Heads-up flight
69	Ian Jessee	Hornet's Wrath	C6-3x3	First flight for this rocket
70	Mark Elzinga	Fat Boy	D21-7	Retry
71	Frank McMullen	Frank's Egger	D12-5	Contest: 42.57s
72	Zoron Hensley	White Lightning	A8-3
73	Tim Burger	Egger	D12-5	Contest: 33.44s
74	David Messerschmidt	Monarch	C6-7
75	Taylor Jessee	Initiator	F23-?
76	Philip Zuniga	Skywinder	B6-2
77	Dan Kirk	D-Eggloft	C6-5x2	36.14s
78	Tim Burger	Ranger	A8-5x3	Tad long on delay
79	Zoron Hensley	Alpha III	A8-3
80	Philip Zuniga	Barracuda	F52-6T	Very fast
81	Bill Hensley	Big Daddy	E11-3J	Good black smoke
82	Dave Lucas	Awesome	E9-6x4
83	Taylor Jessee	Mirage	G38-4J
84	Jason Spain	Quest Falcon	C6-5
85	Tim Burger	Big Bertha	C6-5
86	Ian Jessee	Maxi-Alpha III	D12-3
87	Bill Hensley	Big Brute	G38-4J
88	Philip Zuniga	Maniac	D12-5
89	Tim Burger	Gecko SA-8	D15-4T
90	Dan Kirk	Fat Boy 7	C6-5x3
91	Tim Burger	Mongoose	B6-0,B6-6
92	Zoron Hensley	Pathfinder	C11-5
93	Taylor Jessee	Mirage	G35-4
94	Philip Zuniga	LSX	C6-3
95	Dan Kirk	VB Buzzard	B6-4
96	David Messerschmidt	Red Dog	E9-4
97	Bill Hensley	Lockheed X7 1.6"	F20-4
98	Philip Zuniga	Skywinder	B6-2
99	Tim Burger	Sprint Magnum	E23-5
100	Bill Hensley	Magnum	D12-0,C6-5
101	Tim Burger	Super Bertha	E18-4W
102	Dan Kirk	VB Buzzard	D12-5
103	Taylor Jessee	Birthday Rocket	C6-5x3
104	Tim Burger	Super Ranger	D12-5x2

Dave’s Atom-X deploys twin ’chutes from the rear Photo by Tim Burger	Total engines by class: Type Qty. Notes MM 0 1/4A 0 1/2A 2 A 17 B 12 C 34 D 22 E 21 F 9 G 9
Philip Z. and his brother Photo by Isobel Ross	Rockets making multiple flights: Flights Rocket Rocketeer 5 Quest Falcon Jason Spain 3 Sprint 24S Tim Burger Maxi-Alpha III Ian Jesse VB Buzzard Dan Kirk 2 Alpha Nathan Bazinet Egger Tim Burger Fat Boy 7 Dan Kirk D-Eggloft Goldie Big Daddy Bill Hensley Alpha III Zoron Hensley Mirage Taylor Jesse Atom-X Dave Lucas Frank's Egger Frank McMullen Red Dog David Messerschmidt EZ-Payloader Chris Olsen Quest Falcon Andrew Waltz Skywinder Philip Zuniga
Photo by Isobel Ross	Number of flights per rocketeer: Flights Rocketeer(s) 13 Tim Burger 12 Dan Kirk 8 Dave Lucas 7 Philip Zuniga 6 Bill Hensley, Zoron Hensley, Ian Jesse, Taylor Jesse, Jason Spain 5 Frank McMullen 4 Mark Elzinga, David Messerschmidt 3 Nathan Bazinet, Chris Olson, Rick Thompson 2 Blair Clark, Barry Skelton, Andrew Waltz, Mark Wilson 1 Mark Bazinet, Tracy Bazinet, Andy Scheinost, Bob Wingate

Submitted by Tim Burger, NAR 78486.

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