Vehicle ID: | 33 |
Flights: | 36 |
Model: | IQSY Tomahawk |
Manufacturer: | Aerotech |
Recovery: | Parachute |
Status: | Operational |
Rebuilt after flight #1. |
One fin epoxied back on after flight #10. |
Epoxy fillet added to one fin after flight #13. |
Epoxy fillet replaced after flight #15. |
Epoxy fillet replaced after flight #24. |
One fin re-attached after flight #36. |
Upper 5" of the body tube replaced after flight #36. |
Shock cord split and a 36" shock cord protector added after flight #36. |
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1999/11/13
| KCAR, Case farm
| Parachute didn't eject. Came
straight down. Major damage.
| 2000/05/13
| KCAR, Case farm
| Upper part of body tube crushed
slightly (nose cone smacked it at ejection).
| 2001/03/18
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/03/25
| Sample farm
| 2001/03/25
| Sample farm
| 2001/05/27
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| Good delay for this rocket.
| 2001/06/10
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Motor hard to light. It finally
went of the 4th attempt, thanks to a lot of scraping and some thermalite (and Larry
Mills).
| 2001/07/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| Nice flight. Motor kicked.
| 2001/07/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| Ejection a few seconds after apogee.
| 2001/07/14
| KCAR, Case farm
| No ejection -- the delay grain
didn't burn. Landed sideways breaking one fin.
| 2001/08/12
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB First test of the
transmitter. Transmitter worked well but noticed it was weaker in the air than on the
ground.
| 2001/08/12
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB Second test of the
transmitter. Had visual of the landing as it happened but the rocket was not visible on
the ground due to terrain. Transmitter worked well.
| 2001/08/18
| Miami County Airport
| One fin damaged (bent) during
recovery at a demo launch.
| 2001/09/01
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2001/09/01
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB The fin fillet added
after flight #10 started to come off.
| 2001/09/09
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2001/09/09
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 'Chute reefed to cut down on drift.
| 2001/11/03
| Zeilmann Field, Reading, KS
| 2001/11/11
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2002/02/16
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2002/03/17
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/03/17
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/03/17
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| 2002/04/06
| SLRA, Elsberry, MO
| Payload: Mk-I RLB
| 2002/08/03
| Tripoli Nebraska, Pickrell, NE
| This rocket was supposed to fly by
itself but accidently drag raced with another due to an LCO operator error.
| 2002/08/31
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/08/31
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/09/01
| Kloudbusters, Argonia, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB Saw the 'chute come
out at apogee but lost sight of it. I had to use the RLB to locate it over half a mile
away.
| 2002/10/05
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2002/10/05
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2002/10/05
| Shawnee Mission Park, west site
| 2002/10/13
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/10/13
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/10/13
| Teeniemunde, Arma, KS
| Payload: Mk-II RLB
| 2002/10/19
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 2002/10/19
| Shawnee Mission Park, east site
| 'Chute didn't deploy in time. Body
tube crushed.
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Last updated: October 16, 2016