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This was KCAR’s first high power launch of the year, and the second time we’ve been able to use the Daves/Zeilmann Field in Reading, Kansas. Special thanks go out to Larry Zeilmann for coordinating with his family to get KCAR permission to use this field.
We were witness to several entertaining flights including two of the crayola crayon banks that some club members ordered a while back, both flying on H123 motors. Both were recovered in good shape. Larry Mills showed us how it’s done with his 4-inch AMRAAM flying on a J275. It seemed to take forever for that motor to come up to pressure, but when it did it roared off the pad on its way to about 3500 feet. Recovery happened near the barn. Larry later reported that “The horse was not amused.”
Tim Burger had a succuessful level 1 certification flight with his “Flaming Mayhem” flying on an H128W. The flight was great and the rocket was recovered with some cosmetic damage. Congratulations, Tim! David Lucas also made a level 1 certification attempt, but the rocket suffered seperation and the lower half was not recovered. Total impulse expended: 3,422.5 Newton-seconds, like a partial L motor. There were three clustered flights (#2, #19, #21), and one multi-stage flight (#20). There were 9 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 |
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| 1 | Tim Burger | Maxi Alpha 3 | D12-5 | Weathercocked a bit; Good flight. |
| 2 | Tim Burger | Scratchbuilt Super Ranger | E9-6 x2 | |
| 3 | Nick Stich | Red Rage | H123-P | Altimeter controlled deployment. |
| 4 | Larry Zeilmann | Purple Haze | H123W | |
| 5 | Bill Hensley | Maxi Alpha 3 | F12-3J | |
| 6 | Theo Asir | Sabre | E9-4 | |
| 7 | Larry Mills | 4" AMRAAM | J275 | Great flight! |
| 8 | David Messerschmidt | Big Daddy | E15-4W | |
| 9 | David Lucas | AtomX | G64-4W | Rear ejection - both ’chutes stripped. Major lawn dart. |
| 10 | Larry Zeilmann | Strong ARM | F20-4W | |
| 11 | Theo Asir | Modified AMRAAM | E18-4W | |
| 12 | David Messerschmidt | Red Dog | F20-7W | |
| 13 | Pat Nelson | Scratchbuilt Phantom | G35-4 | |
| 14 | Bill Hensley | Phantom 4000 | G35-4 | |
| 15 | David Lucas | Nemesis | F22-5J | Unstable! |
| 16 | David Messerschmidt | Lookout | C6-5 | |
| 17 | Tim Burger | Flaming Mayhem | H128W | Successful Level 1 HPR Certification flight. |
| 18 | Larry Zeilmann | Initiator | F22 | |
| 19 | Nick Stich | Upscaled Mosquito | C6-5 x7 | Flashpan ignition - worked well, very entertaining. |
| 20 | David Messerschmidt | Lookout | C11-0, C6-5 | Nice staging. |
| 21 | David Lucas | Awesome | E9-4 x2 | |
| 22 | Bill Hensley | Big Brute | G35-7 | |
| 23 | David Messerschmidt | Big Daddy | D12-3 | |
| 24 | Bill Hensley | 1.6 Lockheed | F20-4W | |
| 25 | Theo Asir | Small Endeavour | H123W-S | |
| 26 | Tim Burger | Lampshade | E18W | Hung on the rod a bit, but managed to get free and have a successful flight. |
| 27 | Larry Zeilmann | Astrobee D | G64-4W | |
| 28 | Tim Burger | Lampshaed | D15T | |
| 29 | David Lucas | Super Viking | H112J | Level 1 HPR certification attempt. Seperation, lower section not recovered. |
| 30 | Tim Burger | Interceptor G | F52T | |
| 31 | Larry Zeilmann | Venus Probe | D13-4W |
 Nick’s “Red Rage” heads for the top of the rail Photo by Nick Stich |
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 Bill Hensley displays his newest scale rocket — the Lockheed Photo by Tim Burger |
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 Tim’s level one cert. flight Photo by Tim Burger |
 Dave Lucas Photo by Tim Burger |
Submitted by Jerome Tonneson, NAR 76200.
Last updated: March 28, 2006
