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KCAR Launch Report: Contest — September 2003


Launch date and time: 11:00A Saturday, September 27, and 11:00A on Sunday, September 28th, 2003
Launch location: Case Farm, Kansas City, Missouri
Launch wind and weather: Cool (70F) and Windy (15 to 20MPH) but lessening later in the day.


As mentioned before (in the Saturday report) the wind wasn’t any better today. Those who held off on flying competition flights were no better off than they would have been, alas. Nevertheless, we did manage to get in a good number of flights, 70 total, two more than yesterday! The total impulse for the day was 734.12 N which falls in the ‘J’ range, burning 81 motors. There were no staged flights, but there were five clusters, numbers 15, 24, 35,48, and 67.

Launch Report
Launch Flier’s Name Rocket Name(s) Motor Comments
1 Mark Bazinet Big Daddy D12-3 Good flight
2 Mark Bazinet Initiator Kitbash E9-4 Good first flight
3 George Scheil Wacky Wiggler B6-4 Good flight
4 George Scheil Zenith II A8-3 Good flight
5 Mark Bazinet Big Bertha C6-3
6 R. Christian Bruggeman Silver Chrome Dome B6-4 Nice
7 Taylor Jessee Screamin MiMi D12-7 Good flight
8 R. Christian Bruggeman Baby Bertha B6-4 Partial deployment-good in the wind!
9 Mark Bazinet Monarch B4-4
10 Kyle Bazinet Alpha A8-3 Good flight
11 Taylor Jessee Hot Tamale C11-3 Nice demo flight
12 Mark Bazinet Monarch C6-3 That’ll go a long way!
13 Mark Bazinet Big Bertha B6-4 Nice landed six feet from the pad
14 Randall Jessee Yellow Bird C6-5
15 Taylor Jessee 318 Asteroid Prospecter 3 x B6-4 Nice!
16 Paul Case Big Bertha A8-3 Low ejection
17 R. Christian Bruggeman Big Bertha B6-4
18 Taylor Jessee Nike Smoke A8-3
19 Taylor Jessee Airspike E9-4 Cool!
20 Dave Lucas A streamer A3-4t Competition: 2+ minutes! Out of site.
21 David Brown Skywinder B6-4
22 Bob Wingate A Streamer A10-3T Competition: 18.27S
23 Tim Brown Big Daddy D12-3
24 Blair Clark Cluster’s Last Stand 3 X B6-4 All three lit!
25 Paul Case AMRAAM B6-4
26 Taylor Jessee Maxi-Alpha III D12-3
27 Randall Jessee Viking with Tube A8-3 Nice!
28 Tim Brown Standard ARM D12-3 Good!
29 George Scheil Night Wing B6-4 Good!
30 Paul Case AMRAAM B6-4
31 Taylor Jessee Blue Ninja D12-5
32 Alan Shaffmaster Astro Cam C6-7
33 Bob Wingate A Streamer A3-4T Competition: 41.46S
34 Dave Lucas Eggcellent B6-2 Competition: 10.54S
35 Blair Clark Cluster’s Last Stand 3 x C6-5 C6-5’s Cool! All lit.
36 George Scheil Night Wing C6-3
37 David Brown Big Daddy D12-3
38 R. Christian Bruggeman Big Bertha C6-5 Drag race with next
39 Paul Case Big Bertha C6-5 Drag race with previous
40 Dave Bucher Eggloft Rocket B6-2 Competition: Engine CATO
41 Alan Shaffmaster Egg Rocket B6-2 Crunch!
42 Alan Shaffmaster Astro Cam C6-7
43 Blair Clark LOC NORAD F20-4 Loud!
44 David Brown Banshee C6-3
45 Taylor Jessee AAMRAN II.1 F23-4FJ
46 Dave Bucher Eggloft Rocket B6-2
47 George Scheil DSP C5-3
48 Taylor Jessee 318 Asteroid Prospector 3 x C6-5 Test track: 176M
49 Alan Shaffmaster Egg Rocket C6-5 Crunch!
50 Dave Bucher B Payload B6-4 Competition: CATO
51 Tim Burger B Payload B6-4 Competition: 119.9M
52 Dave Lucas B Payload B6-4 Competition: 125.1M
53 Bob Wingate B Payload B6-4 Competition: LOST
54 Alan Shaffmaster B Payload B6-4 Competition: Crunch — DQ
55 Dave Bucher B Payload B6-4 Competition: 108.2M
56 Bob Wingate B Payload B6-4 Competition:109.5M
57 Tim Burger B Payload B6-4 Competition:157.3M
58 Dave Bucher B Payload B6-4 Competition: 39.3M
59 Alan Shaffmaster B Payload B6-4 Competition: ?
60 Dave Lucas B Payload B6-4 Competition: OPEN
61 Dave Lucas SLAM B4-2 Competition: Future Fantasy, marginally stable, 555 points
62 George Scheil Glider Rocket A10-0 Two loops, transition at the top, long glide (and walk)
63 R. Christian Bruggeman Flying Jenny A8-3
64 R. Christian Bruggeman Saturn V D12-3 First flight! Whew — nice.
65 Alan Shaffmaster Fat Boy C6-3
66 Taylor Jessee Maxi-Alpha III D12-3
67 Dave Bucher Von Braun Concept 4 X D12-3 Competition: Barely stable, looped at the top 675 points
68 Martin Drifter-65 B6-4 Drag race with next
69 Dave Bucher Drifter-65 B6-4 Drag race with previous
70 Taylor Jessee ? C6-5 Last flight of the day. Good!

Flights by Rocketeers
Flights Rocketeer(s)
11
Taylor Jessee
7
Dave Bucher
Alan Shaffmaster
6
Mark Bazinet
R. Christian Bruggeman
George Scheil
5
Dave Lucas
4
Paul Case
Bob Wingate
3
David Brown
Blair Clark
2
Tim Brown
Tim Burger
Randall Jessee
1
Martin
Kyle Bazinet

Rockets Making Multiple Flights:
Flights Rocket Rocketeer
3 B Payload Dave Bucher
2 Big Bertha Mark Bazinet
Monarch
Eggloft Rocket Dave Bucher
B Payload Tim Burger
AMRAAM Paul Case
Big Bertha
Big Bertha R. Christian Bruggeman
Cluster's Last Stand Blair Clark
318 Asteroid Prospector Taylor Jessee
Maxi-Alpha III
B Payload Dave Lucas
Night Wing George Scheil
Astro Cam Alan Shaffmaster
B Payload
Egg Rocket
A Streamer Bob Wingate
B Payload

Totals by motor:
Motor Number
Flown
Impulse
(Newtons)
A10 2 4.00
A3 2 4.44
A8 6 13.92
B4 2 8.58
B6 32 138.56
C11 1 8.80
C5 1 9.10
C6 18 158.76
D12 13 218.92
E9 2 55.74
F20 1 60.45
F23 1 52.85
Total: 81 734.12 (J)


Weekend Totals:

Weekend Totals: Flights by Rocketeers
Flights Rocketeer(s)
23
Taylor Jessee
13
George Scheil
10
Dave Bucher
Tim Burger
R. Christian Bruggeman
Alan Shaffmaster
9
Harrison Cullom
8
Randall Jessee
7
Paul Case
Dave Lucas
6
Mark Bazinet
Blair Clark
4
Bob Wingate
3
David Brown
Bill Hensley
2
Courtney and Andrea
James and Paul Case
Tim Brown
1
Martin
Kyle Bazinet
Zoron Hensley

Weekend Totals: Motors by Impulse
Motor Number
Flown
Impulse
(Newtons)
1/2A3 1 1.09
A10 7 14.00
A3 5 11.10
A8 13 30.16
B4 2 8.58
B6 65 281.45
C11 3 26.40
C5 4 36.40
C6 26 229.32
D12 18 303.12
E9 5 139.35
F20 3 181.35
F23 2 105.70
F40 1 78.09
Total: 155 1446.11 (K)

Weekend Totals: Rockets Making Multiple Flights
Flights Rocket Rocketeer
9 Ionizer Harrison Cullom
5 Fat Boy Taylor Jessee
4 Zenith II George Scheil
3 B Payload Dave Bucher
AMRAAM Paul Case
Big Bertha
Norad Blair Clark
Wacky Wiggler George Scheil
Astro Cam Alan Shaffmaster
2 Big Bertha Mark Bazinet
Monarch
Eggloft Rocket Dave Bucher
B Payload Tim Burger
Sparrow A
Sr. Elite
Big Bertha R. Christian Bruggeman
California Dave’s Surfin’ Nose Cone Rocket
Cluster’s Last Stand Blair Clark
Baby Bertha Bill Hensley
Yellow Bird Randall Jessee
318 Asteroid Prospecter Taylor Jessee
Maxi-Alpha III
Nike Smoke
B Payload Dave Lucas
DSP George Scheil
Night Wing
B Payload Alan Shaffmaster
Egg Rocket
A Streamer Bob Wingate
B Payload

Submitted by Tim Burger, NAR78486L1

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