Vehicle ID: | 14 |
Flights: | 102 |
Model: | Initiator |
Manufacturer: | Aerotech |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Status: | Operational |
Nomex(tm) shock cord protector added after flight #14. |
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1999/10/10
| Lenexa site #1
| Nose cone came off but was recovered.
| 2000/04/02
| Sample farm
| Landed in the pond! Bill used a boat
and a board (no paddles) to recover it. Didn't sink, but got very wet. I left it out
to dry for several weeks.
| 2000/05/21
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2000/05/21
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Chuffed a little at first.
| 2000/06/10
| KCAR, Case farm
| 2000/07/01
| Tickwood Ranch
| 2000/07/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Landed a few meters into the field to
the south.
| 2000/10/08
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2000/10/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| RMS motor kicked but was recovered
after a 30 minute search.
| 2000/10/21
| Tickwood Ranch
| 2000/10/21
| Tickwood Ranch
| 2000/10/21
| Tickwood Ranch
| 2000/10/29
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| 2000/10/29
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| Noticed some ejection charge residue
in the body tube.
| 2001/03/18
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/03/18
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/03/25
| Sample farm
| 2001/04/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| Long delay, OK recovery.
| 2001/08/18
| Miami County Airport
| Reefed the 'chute due to the near
20 MPH winds.
| 2001/09/01
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2001/09/09
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 'Chute reefed to cut down on drift.
| 2001/09/09
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 'Chute reefed to cut down on drift.
| 2001/09/29
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2001/10/14
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 'Chute reefed. Took three attempts
to light this motor. The third attempt used about a 1 cm piece of thermalite. The
launch system spit the igniter but about a second later the motor came up to pressure.
| 2001/11/11
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2002/04/07
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2002/04/07
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2002/04/07
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2002/06/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/06/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/06/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/07/06
| Tickwood Ranch
| Used George's launch controller.
The igniter didn't get ejected so the rocket ended up taking the leads up several feet
-- enough that I felt the controller get jolted. The igniter finally broke and the
rocket proceeded to make a slow arc to the south. Ejection happened about 20 feet off
the ground.
| 2002/08/03
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| 2002/08/03
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| 2002/08/11
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/08/11
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/08/11
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Took two attempts to light this
motor. It chuffed quite a bit before coming up to pressure.
| 2002/08/11
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/09/01
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/10/13
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/10/26
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/10/26
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2002/10/26
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/11/09
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Landed close to me.
| 2002/11/09
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/11/09
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB One fin started coming
off at landing.
| 2002/12/07
| Bluejacket Park
| This was a crowd pleaser of the
demo launch for Dave Fowler's son. Landed in the fenced-off (and drained!) pool area.
Recovered by Dave.
| 2002/12/15
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB Landed in a tree about
forty feet above a ravine. Larry Mills and I built a pole out of three small trees and
some borrowed rope. Larry managed to snag the body tube with the pole and pull the
whole thing out of the tree with minimal damage.
| 2003/03/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2003/03/16
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB.
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